and louise has all the weather, and we are keeping an eye on storm eleanor? yes, storm eleanor arrives through the night tonight, but this week we have cloud and rain, we have deals, hailand have cloud and rain, we have deals, hail and snow. happy new year! more detail coming up. also coming up: no more than two low—calorie snacks a day — parents are urged to reduce the amount of sugar that young children consume. that's what the health experts say — but how do you persuade them to ditch the mars barfor an apple? tweet us. hello, this is afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. many of us are back at work today after the christmas break, and if that wasn't bad enough, those of us travelling by rail have been hit with the largest fare rise in five years. campaigners warn the rise, of more than £100 for some season ticket—holders, is pricing ordinary people off the railways, but the rail delivery group, which represents train operators, says higher fares will lead to better services. our transport correspondent richard westcott reports from london kings cross station. back to work after the holidays. rail commuters are shelling out for yet another fare rise. this time it is the biggest increase for five years. this is a busy commuter line, people coming in from cambridgeshire and hertfordshire into london. plenty of people on this train are just a few pounds shy of the £5,000 club — £5,000 for an annual season ticket. that's gone up by about £600 in the last five years. price rises have been relentless. half of the countries in europe do not pay anywhere near as much as we do and their services tend to be better than ours, so i don't know why we have to pay such a lot of money for such a poor service, really. 0n the way home, it's normally a massive crowd of people at king's cross, all trying to get on the train at the same time. if i am not more than five minutes early for the train, i am definitely not getting a seat home. you do not get the choice, really. we've got to make the commute from hertfordshire into london, so when it is so expensive and there are cancellations, especially during winter... average fares across britain go up by 3.4% this year. season tickets, which are regulated by the government, go up by 3.6%. it will add just shy of £150 to the price of a season ticket for people coming into london on the strike—riddled line from hove in east sussex. nearly £110 to a yearly ticket from liverpool to manchester. and commuters going to birmingham from gloucester must find £140 more this year. this is where a lot of the money is going. london bridge hasjust had a £1 billion makeover. and there is a whole new line coming under london — crossrail. the government says it is investing record amounts to improve the trains, but it is also changing who foots the bill. a smaller proportion now comes from the taxpayer which means more has to come from ticket sales. for every £1 a passenger pays in fares, 97p goes directly into running and improving the railway. but also, with more people using the railway, that means we have more money to invest and enables investment and the sort of improvement we see here as well. but the biggest survey suggests fewer than half of passengers think they are getting value for money and the latest figures show season—ticketjourneys have actually started going down. passengers are already putting in over £9 billion a year into the railways through the fare box, it's a lot of money, and the industry and government should work much harder to get better value for money out of that, so that one year, let's have a fair freeze for christmas, that would be a really good present. —— fare freeze. if commuters do put that on their christmas list this year, they are likely to be disappointed. 0ur correspondentjo black is in milton keynes for us. it is not such a happy new year for lots of people travelling? yes, not such a happy new year for people who are travelling. this is milton keynes station, one of the busiest on this line. you can be in london in around 30 to a0 minutes if you get on the right train or you can head north from here, you can go to birmingham, manchester, then on to scotla nd birmingham, manchester, then on to scotland if you like so this is a good place to come to take the temperature of how people are feeling about these price rises. people i have spoken to, some of them said, i know it is not great, but i'm prepared to pay it if i can see a better service and get a seat when i get on board. but some people are when i get on board. but some people a re really when i get on board. but some people are really worried about this. i use the railways a lot. although the country. some of the rolling stock is well past the sell by date. some of the east midlands trains, absolutely horrendous. two coaches to nottingham, and no air conditioning, awful. so yes, investment is needed and the only way to produce that is increase fares, unfortunately. but commuters will pay the price. it is pretty disgusting. you're not even guaranteed a seat. i think it is wrong. people just guaranteed a seat. i think it is wrong. peoplejust go guaranteed a seat. i think it is wrong. people just go on standing all day, you don't get a seat. it is delayed half the time. it gets very difficult. you are paying premium money for something that is not the best service you can get. so, a range of views but most people i have spoken to really are not happy about this. who really likes to fork out more cash, especially in the new year after christmas? but speaking to the department for transport about this, they will talk about investment that is going on on the rail network and they will point to the fact that the rail system has not really been improved properly since victorian times. it points to crossrail and tense link and the great north rail project, all huge improvement projects that are going on. they are really expensive. they also point to the statistics, 97p in every £1 spent in fares goes directly back to operating the rail services. my resolution this year was never dissed you anyone's top line, i'm really sorry, i've broken it already! —— never to steal. parents are being urged to significantly lower the amount of sugar their children consume in snacks. public health england recommends children should consume a maximum of two low—calorie snacks a day. the advice is being given after it's emerged primary school children are consuming three times more sugar than the recommended limit, as our health correspondent, james gallagher, reports. half the sugar us kids eat and drink each year comes from snacks and sugary drinks. kids get through a mountain of sugary snacks each year — cake, ice cream, pop, juice, biscuits, sweets, chocolate. children eat three times more sugar than official advice — just over half of it comes from snacking between meals. it is one reason more than a quarter of children have rotten teeth by the time they are five. this public health england campaign is warning snacking has got out of hand and it is increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. we are very concerned about snacking. children have unhealthy diets, they are eating too many calories, they are eating too much sugar and snacking is part of the problem. we are encouraging parents to be aware of snacking and try to cut back and replace unhealthy snacks with better snacks. how do parents feel about snacking? kids like sweets, and other sugary stuff you get from shops and mcdonald's, but it is for the parents to keep an eye on them and their intake. to cut down on sugar, public health england is advising parents to limit snacks to just 100 calories and hand them out no more than twice a day, but the campaign has drawn criticism. parents might find this quite insulting to their own intelligence because it is fairly common sense, children having too many snacks, too many sugary things, they might have health complications for them down the line, particularly if they do not lead an active lifestyle. but they do not need a quango telling them. the advice is fruit and veg are best, but even malt loaf, fromage frais low in sugar, and crumpets are better than anything in the confectionery aisle. iran's supreme leader has accused the country's enemies of stirring days of protests that have claimed at least 22 lives. ayatollah ali khamenei was speaking for the first time since demonstrations began last thursday. state media says nine people, including a child, died overnight in clashes between demonstrators and security forces, as authorities struggle to contain the biggest challenge to the country's clerical leadership since 2009. this report by our correspondent richard galpin. the protests and the authorities‘ response to them are becoming increasingly violent — buildings being burnt and shots fired. last night at least nine people killed, including some members of the security forces. the focus of people's anger is this man, the country's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. the spark for the protests, rising food prices and unemployment running at 60% in some areas. people are actually fed up with political corruption. people are fed up with economy corruption. and they believe that the only way to pave the way for a meaningful change, a meaningful economic change, is through radical political reform. 0ne response of the authorities has been to hold big counterdemonstrations like this in many parts of the country. but the government's strategy also includes restricting access to the internet, and placing the blame for what's happening on its enemies abroad. today, iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei spoke for the first time about the crisis since it began last week. translation: following recent events, the enemies have united and are using all their means — money, weapons, policies and security services — to create problems for the islamic republic. the statement is a clear sign that this widespread unrest is rattling the clerics, who have ruled the country for decades. this morning, the british foreign secretary boris johnson called for "meaningful debate" about what he said were legitimate and important issues the protesters were raising. and said the government was looking to the iranian authorities to permit this. but with the protests and violence continuing, that seems unlikely. already more than a00 people have been arrested. richard galpin, bbc news. with me is bbc persian service's jiyar gol. what seems different is the number of towns that are involved, all around the country, and the nature of the protests. what is the latest? in the past 2a hours, what we are hearing from the underground, the footage we are receiving through social media and other platforms and social media and other platforms and social media, in the past 2a hours, we have around 1a towns and cities, small towns like the one on the border with iraq, there have been unrest, and some of those small places, violent unrest, russia is between security forces and protesters. and in some areas, in a small town, people attacked the militia, some of the officers belonged to the ayatollah. so in fa ct, belonged to the ayatollah. so in fact, in small towns the people are more angry and the protests are attacking the bases of the security forces. you talk about anger, the regime is blaming foreign interests for making this spiral, as it has done. do the tweets we read from donald trump, which are in themselves quite angry, does that play into the regime's hands? definitely. this is a typical accusation against those people who are out of favour by the regime. in the past four decades. but definitely this kind of tweet from president trump, they banned iranians going to america, there is not a good perception. but this definitely plays into the hands of the regime and the leaders to say, this is a foreign agenda behind this, this protest is not about demanding freedom or improving the lives of people, this is some foreign power trying to start of the situation and creating more problems for the regime. looking at what happens next, the fear must be that at some point, the patience runs out and the regime will act. supper, the protests are and the regime will act. supper, the protests a re in and the regime will act. supper, the protests are in small towns, it has not reached the major city, which is the artery for the regime. and obviously, the security forces do not feel they should deal with it heavy handedly like in 2009. the revolutionary guard, which has all the tools, they are trained and have the tools, they are trained and have the organisation in place to deal with this kind of protest, they have not entered the game so far. if need be, they can finish it once and for all. but if they attack people, what we are seeing, so for more than 20 people have been killed in the last six days, it could add to the tension and create more chaos in the country. but again, we have to wait and see how many people come out and what the reaction of the government would be. even the supreme leader has said, i will talk to you in the future about the situation in details, but he did not elaborate on what is going on in the country. briefly, the purpose of the iranian revolution was to bring fairness to the very people it seems you are now out on the streets. exactly. we do not know what is the result of this protest, but whatever it is, it will bea protest, but whatever it is, it will be a defeat for the project of the islamic regime, they came to power almost four decades ago with the slogan of serving the poor, eliminating corruption, in government in and in society and right now the very same people the government is supposed to serve, they are coming out in masses, confusing the government and the top leadership of corruption, accusing many people... they just leadership of corruption, accusing many people... theyjust want leadership of corruption, accusing many people... they just want to make sure they can take bread to the table for the kids and definitely what you are seeing here is com pletely what you are seeing here is completely the feeling of that slogan, failing of those promises a0 yea rs slogan, failing of those promises a0 years ago. thank you very much. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. rail commuters face the biggest rise in fares for five years. campaigners warn that people will be "priced out of work". iran's supreme leader blames foreign enemies for stirring the protests in his country that have left 22 dead — his first comments since the demonstrations began. no more than two low—calorie snacks a day — parents are urged to reduce the amount of sugar that young children consume. in a moment, we'll have the latest from australia, where air accident investigators are trying to work out what caused a seaplane to crash on new year's eve, killing all on board. and in sport, and murray describes his rehab for a long—term hip injury has demoralising. he has had to pull out of the brisbane international head of his first match this week and is considering surgery. the sitting time darts world champion phil taylor tips rob cross for a big future in the sport after being beaten by him in the world championship final. taylor's last match before retiring. and the board of stoke are considering the future of mark hughes. they have won just two matches in the last 12. i will be back with more just after half past. 13 monkeys have been killed inafire at woburn safari park in bedfordshire. the blaze broke out in the early hours of this morning in the patas monkey house, and none of the animals could be saved. 0ur correspondent, chi chi izundu, is at the safari park. do we know what went wrong? we do not actually know what went wrong. fire crews are currently conducting an investigation to try and establish the cause of the fire. so far they have said it was not maliciously started. we spoke earlier to drew mullins, the managing director here at woburn safari park. the estate security control picked up there was a fire somewhere in the park. at that point they called the fire and rescue team. they arrived at 2:55 and when they arrive, they went into the jungle along with members of staff. the roof had actually collapsed, which point there was nothing that could be done to save the 13 patas monkeys in the house. can you confirm that no other animals have been hurt? no other animals have been hurt? no other animals have been hurt. the patas monkeys warrender house the animals were in their house and that house was isolated on this occasion. so the monkeys are kept inside overnight due to the cold weather. 0ther animals in the jungle due to the cold weather. 0ther animals in thejungle drive—through enclosure have been checked over and have been monitored to make sure they have not been harmed as a result of the fire. so far they are showing signs that none of them have been harmed. all 13 monkeys, as we said, sadly perished in that fire. this news comes just ten days after london zoo had its own fire which killed an aardvark and four meerkats. and have we heard anything from the fire brigade in terms of what the scene was like when they arrived? where the animals trapped in cages with the fire breaking out? sadly, when the fire crews arrived, the roof had already collapsed at the roof had already collapsed at the patas monkey has due to the intensity of the heat. they had to wear specialist safety kits because of smoke and the fire, and they did put it out, and staff at the safari park, who are based here on side, had actually had to receive some consoling because they have very special relationships with the animals that they take care of. thank you very much. air accident and that is the gators in australia hope to retrieve the wreckage of a seaplane that cursed by the end of this week. all six people on board were killed — the pilot, and a british family who were on holiday, including the businessman richard cousins, the chief executive of the catering giant compass. the accident happened just north of sydney, from where our correspondent phil mercer has sent this report. the wreckage of the seaplane lies in more than a0 feet of water on a river bed north of sydney. air crash investigators are searching for clues to explain why it crashed, killing all six people onboard. what has emerged, however, is that this is not the first plane of its type to be involved in a fatal accident. four british holiday—makers died when a similar seaplane, a de havilland dhc—2 beaver, went down in canada in 2015. accounts from witnesses will also help australian authorities to establish why a routine sightseeing flight ended in disaster. will mcgovern says he saw his friends dive into the water to try to help those trapped in the plane. i saw three of my mates dead set risk their lives. they could have died. this plane was moving fast. it was going down. it was pretty hard because of the oil, but i could see windows, the windows, we just couldn't dive down deep enough, really, to be able to see more. at least they will know that there were people there trying to help and i'm sorry. the air crash investigation team is made up of former pilots, aeronautical engineers, and data recovery experts. it is their task to piece together the events that led to the tragedy atjerusalem bay to the north of sydney. the crucial piece of evidence, of course, is the wreckage of the seaplane. it still lies at the bottom of the hawkesbury river. the authorities hope to bring it to the surface by the end of the week. after it's recovered, the single—engine aircraft will be taken to canberra for examination. we will be looking at a number of areas, particularly around the aircraft's components. we will be removing those and examining them. we will also be looking at any recorder data that might be on the aircraft, so that would involve both avionics or instruments attached to the aeroplane. aviation experts have speculated that the seaplane may have stalled before crashing because of engine failure, an unexpected gust of wind or a mistake by the pilot. a preliminary report from the australian transport safety bureau is expected within a month, but a more comprehensive review of the disaster could take a lot longer. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. more now on average rail ticket prices rising by 3.a% across the uk, in the biggest increase to fares since 2013. with me is stephenjoseph, chief executive of the group campaign for better transport, who campaign for better public transport, walking and cycling for communities and the environment. i pretty much have guessed what your reaction is, you're not happy? no, we are not. we think the government has snubbed real users this year. what we should have had is a freeze on railfares. we have had a freeze on railfares. we have had a freeze on fuel duty for motorists on the grounds they cannot afford this at a time when wages are not going up, motorists cannot afford to have increased costs, why should real users be treated differently? they are not being treated differently because motorists pay for what they use. because motorists pay for what they use. the government would argue it is time rail users paid for a service and they were not subsidised to the extent they are by taxpayers. actually, rail users have been paying an increasing proportion of the costs of the railways and in fa ct the costs of the railways and in fact in the summer, the government put out some figures showing they are actually making money on day—to—day running costs through the rail franchises. they are actually making 1.3 billion in terms of the franchise system. we think some of that should go back to rail passengers. and rail users are not any different from motorists, they have to use the trains to get to work, and actually it would be good, and other countries recognise this, if the rail fares and other countries recognise this, if the railfares macro —— fares system were made simpler and cheaper because it would encourage others to use the trains and reduce congestion. many watching will have gone back to work today for the first time, many will have seen huge changes, the result huge infrastructure investment going on, particularly of london, the money is being spent on the infrastructure. it is great that money is going into the rail investment. however, other countries recognise that there are other beneficiaries from the money of real users, good public transport system. in france there is a payroll tax that pays for transport investment. germany and italy, you have investment coming from local sales tax and other local taxes that pays for local rail investment. we do not have that here. we have a policy that the government has imposed over many years, which is that rail users are the main beneficiaries of rail investment and they should pay and rail users are 110w they should pay and rail users are now paying more than three quarters of the entire costs of railways. labour say it is time to re—nationalise parts of the rail system, is that something you agree with? it depends what kind of renationalisation we get. there is a case for reducing fragmentation, what we saw different kinds of nationalisation. we saw previously that services and winds were cut because the government had that policy. we also saw a very good nationalised railway in the 1980s which did see some really good projects coming forward and had a much simplerfares projects coming forward and had a much simpler fares system. what we need is a tale from the labour party about what kind of rail system they want, and some commitment to long—term investment, because the problem we have at the moment is that we do not have the long—term investment, we didn't really have it when the railways by nationalise, we wa nt when the railways by nationalise, we want a long—term rail investment strategy that allows suppliers here to invest in high—qualityjobs in the rail industry, and we do not have that at the moment. we have electrification that was going to happen, now that has been cancelled because of increased costs. we are 110w because of increased costs. we are now getting diesel trains running through polluted cities like nottingham and leicester for ever and a day. we need a completely different approach, long—term investment in the railways, with passengers not paying all the costs. stephenjoseph, peggy passengers not paying all the costs. stephen joseph, peggy very passengers not paying all the costs. stephenjoseph, peggy very much. south korea has offered to hold high—level talks with the north next week — the first for more than two years. the offer follows the new year address by the north korean leader kim jong un, in which he announced the possibility of sending a team to the winter olympics, which begin next month in south korea. sophie long reports from seoul. as preparations for the winter 0lympics move into the final month, excitement in south korea has been mounting. but there's always been a question mark over whether north korea would attend. on new year's day, kim jong—un said he was considering sending a delegation, and now, the south korean government's response... translation: the government proposes to hold high—level talks with north korea on 9th january at the peace house in the truce village of panmunjom, to discuss north korea's participation in the pyeongchang winter olympics, as the winter olympics are a month away. pyongyang hasn't yet responded to that proposal, but people are hopeful that it will, and that the meeting will take place. we would like to maximise the opportunity and as soon as possible. so, when south korea made this offer of a high—level meeting with north korea, north korea...very quickly and we would like to see a high—level meeting happening very soon. —— north korea reciprocated very quickly. the south korean president has said any improvement in inter—korean relations must also help to the north korean nuclear issue. the offer of talks yesterday was discussed with south korea's key ally the united states. but president trump will be watching developments very closely. so, too, will people living on the korean peninsula. some 25 million north koreans for whom life is really tough and could get tougher if the latest round of un sanctions really starts to bite. and the people of south korea, nearly 11 million of whom live here in seoul, just 35 miles from the north korean border. there's only a month until the opening ceremony. but the organisers believe a north korean delegation could be there. we are hopeful, you know, we always want all of the countries to participate. and they do have qualified athletes, and so for the athletes it's also important. they've been training for it all their lives and we just want them to enjoy what the olympics are wrong about, the spirit of friendship, the spirit of peace. —— the olympics are all about. others, though, are more sceptical, pointing out that this could be a tactical move by north korea and a months of peace and stability is not necessarily a step towards north korean denuclearisation. we've been keeping an eye on twitter this afternoon and sophie was right, donald trump has been watching events closely and has tweeted about it. there it is. sanctions under the pressures a re it. there it is. sanctions under the pressures are beginning to have a big impact on north korea, he says. stowed —— soldiers are dangerously fleeing to south korea. rocket man now wa nts fleeing to south korea. rocket man now wants to talk to south korea for the first time. he says, perhaps thatis the first time. he says, perhaps that is good news, perhaps not, we'll see. analysis from donald trump, we will bring you more should he take to twitter later. louise lear is here with the weather, we are looking at eleanor. the second storm this week and it is only tuesday. nothing like allowing us only tuesday. nothing like allowing us to drift easily into the new year exclamation it is the west stand the north? almost in a similar place to dyla n, north? almost in a similar place to dylan, northern ireland, southern scotla nd dylan, northern ireland, southern scotland close to the borders, north—west england and north wales. overnight tonight, around midnight into the early hours, for a, five. i suppose that is a little bit of positive news, with 70 or 80 mph winds, at least with most people asleep, it will perhaps not be as bad as if they were all travelling first thing in the morning. many people starting to get back for the morning rush hour. many people starting to get back for the morning rush hourlj many people starting to get back for the morning rush hour. i read there could be possible disruption? quite right, simon. it is best to not listen to him and listen to me for the next three hours if you want to know what is happening with the weather, that is my advice! i will tell you more about storm eileen... i called her eileen, alan! there is cloud and rain sweeping east. this is eleanor moving into northern ireland as we speak. it is the strength of the wind that we are concerned about. severe gales are likely, gusts of wind in excess of 6170 mph. we might see in some places 70 to 80. across northern ireland, the scottish borders, into north—west england and north wales. that is just the southern flank of that low where the strongest winds are likely to be. during the early hours, this is looking from midnight three to five, the strong winds will be to the north—west of the pennines, then as we go through the morning they transfer to the east of the pennines as well. it will be a windy start, that will be strong enough to cause disruption, possibly even troubled disruption. the winds are not as bad in the far north of scotland, things start cold and frosty tomorrow morning but even as atm we are looking at 30 or a0 mph gusts, further south, still the potential for 50 to 60 mph gusts through the channel and the bristol channel. that will mean very rough seas, high sided vehicles take note as well. there will be a trail of showers which could be heavy with hail and thunder, snow to higher ground in the far north of scotland. pretty miserable. because of the strength of the wind it will blow the showers further inland. across central and southern areas, the showers will ease than bublik too bad. it will be mild, ten or 11 degrees. further north, temperatures into single figures. out of wednesday into thursday, another area of low pressure which will be part of a really unsettled week. lies about squeezing together the strongest winds into the surplus tents and heavy rain. gales do the channel and up to the south—west, driving the rain across the country. it will linger through northern ireland and southern scotla nd northern ireland and southern scotland for much of thursday. behind it, hopefully a bit brighter. once we lose the area of low pressure, it will take its time to do so on friday, things are set to getjust do so on friday, things are set to get just that little do so on friday, things are set to getjust that little bit colder. so if you don't like this kind of weather you might be happier with this story. as a cold northerly wind kicks in, try with more sunshine, but really taking tumble. —— dry with more sunshine. temperatures really taking a tumble. this is bbc news — our latest headlines... the biggest increase in rail fares for five years has come into effect today — raising the average ticket price by 3.a %. iran's supreme leader has accused the country's foreign enemies of stirring up protests over the past week, in his first comment on the unrest. at least 22 people have been killed since demonstrations began on thursday. an investigation has begun into a fire that killed 13 monkeys at woburn safari park in bedfordshire. the blaze began in a jungle enclosure in the early hours of the morning. parents are being urged to give their children a maximum of just two low—calorie snacks a day. public health england says snacks shouldn't exceed 100 calories each, in a bid to reduce tooth decay and childhood obesity. sport now on afternoon live with jessica creighton. what a night for darts? it really was the end of an era. retiring phil "the power" taylor totally dominating. we are trying to think of other people who have dominated their sports as much as phil taylor, maybe serena williams in tennis and usain bolt in athletics. taylor has become synonymous with the sport of darts, mainly because of his 16 world titles but also of how he administrated the sport. he essentially dragged it into the modern era. it was a pub sport where men competed for a couple of hundred pounds, in the world championship final last night, the prize—money was £a00,000. it is now a viable career. now he has retired, the sport looks pretty good health. the man who beat him in the final of the world championships last night, rob cross, performed incredibly well in what was his first final and it looks as though he has a long future ahead, perhaps a long future in darts. studio: the future of another tennis player, andy murray, there must be some question because he has revealed how much physical trouble he is in? reporter: he does not sound like he enjoyed his christmas too much. he gave a long, heartfelt message on instagram earlier this morning. we know he has not played competitively since july because of this ongoing hip injury. he said in his instagram postie would give anything to be back out there on the quarter playing, and this whole situation has left him quite demoralised —— back on the court. it is the start of the grand slam season, the australian open is on at the end of the month. it is unsure whether he will pull out of that are not. for more details, here is our tennis correspondent. this instagram post gives us a real insight into how he is feeling and how traumatised he has been by the whole experience, this inability to do what he loves most, compete against the other best players in the world on the tennis court. the frustration for murray is the advice he was given seems to have been very much rehab is his best option and he would always work incredibly hard in making sure he has done everything in his power to recover as quickly as possible, but once he has put that to the test against other top players in the world in brisbane this week, he has realised that so far even the best part of six months rest has not got his hip to where it needs to be. therefore, even though he still does not want to go down this route, he says he may have to consider surgery, which would probably mean three months out of the game before he even starts to make his return. if he did go down that route, it would be summer at the very earliest before we saw him back on the tennis court. johanna konta also won her match in brisbane, and is through to the quarterfinals. konta came from a set down to beat aila tomlajanovic in three sets. this is konta's first tournament with her new coach michaeljoyce. it is another comeback win for johanna konta. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc sports centre, stoke are considering the future of manager mark hughes after their 1—0 defeat at home to newcastle. stoke currently lie 16th in the premier league table just two points above the relegation zone, having won only two of their last 12 games. the board haven't yet met to formally discuss their manager's position, and hughes is preparing the team for saturday's fa cup game at coventry. 16 time darts world champion phil taylor says rob cross has a big future in the sport, after losing to him in the final of the pdc world championships last night. it was taylor's last match before he retired, but cross, who was working as an electrician this time last year, looked unfazed by the momentous occassion, landing this 153 checkout early on. it will sink and once the dust has settled. no one could have written it, not even me. no one could have put it in that context and said that was going to be the outcome. it would have been amazing. i probably would have been amazing. i probably would have been amazing. i probably would have chewed their arms out. so calm, you would not think he would have just won a world title. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. for decades china has been importing plastic waste from other countries, including britain, for recycling. but now, it has banned the trade — citing environmental worries. it means thousands of tonnes of plastic separated and put into recycling bins by households here in the uk now needs to find a new destination — which is putting huge pressure on the british recycling industry. our correspondent dan johnson is at a recycling plant in southwark in south london. yes, talking rubbish only two days into the new year. this is the sort of stuff that might have been sent to china in the past, a hidden story that for decades we have sent thousands of tonnes of this to be recycled on the other side of the world. now china says no more and we need to come up with a different strategy. it is a difficult problem to solve and if we do not, come up with a solution soon, the piles of rubbish will quickly grow. all that wrapping paper, so much christmas waste. it is the season to throw plenty away. and this is the kind of place it goes — sorted, sifted, separated so it can be recycled. this is the same process on the other side of the world. for decades, china's been a global dustbin, taking huge quantities of taking huge quantities of our rubbish and recycling it. it's become a massive, complicated business, and now, china has said no more. it's got enough waste of its own to deal with, so now we have to work out what we're going to do with our rubbish. if you take packaging, for example, we're collecting about 1.2 million tonnes of plastic packaging every year, put in the recycling bins. but we've relied on 65% of that tonnage being exported to overseas markets — the vast majority has been going to china. this is the sort of stuff that might previously have been sent to china — different plastic bottles of different kinds that might be recycled in different ways. and if you look at the tomato ketchup bottle, there's still some sauce in there. now, that's the kind of thing china is now saying it will not take, it will not deal with. so, we've got to work out what to do with it, and this company is already recycling its waste here. with so much of our plastic being shipped to china, there's still a lot more to deal with. if we can't send recyclables to china, there are alternatives like india, indonesia, malaysia... there will be other options, such as sending certain rubbish to energy from waste plants if there is literally nothing else to do with it. but in the longer term, we need to be looking to clean up our waste. because quite frankly, we need to make better use of it ourselves — if we have a good quality recycler, we can do more with it. the government says it will look for ways to recycle more here, and there are calls for better design, which considers what happens to products after their useful life, and for more products to be reused so we don't produce as much rubbish in the first place. so no easy options. we could burn the rubbish, bury it, tried to find another country to sell it to, or invest in more plants like this to do the recycling job here. all this waste will be crushed down into pallets like that, which can then be used to make a new container like that. they have got a solution here, but more than two thirds of our plastic waste has been going to china, so we need to work out what comes next. it is a difficult problem and mean some big questions to consider about how we deal with rubbish in our society. dramatic footage has emerged showing an 89 annual man being rescued from his vehicle in dominic raab either us coastguard near panama city in florida. members of the coastguard sort go into the water and immediately scrambled a rescue boat. they had to break the car window to pull the man to safety, but as you can see they got him out and he was taken ashore. how the car got in there, i've no idea. but he is rescued and safe. in a moment the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. rail commuters face being priced out of work as rail fares rise to their highest in five years. iran's supreme leader blames foreign enemies for stirring the protests in his country that have left 22 dead — his first comments since the demonstrations began. no more than two low—calorie snacks a day — parents are urged to reduce the amount of sugar that young children consume. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. if you travel regularly by rail this will hardly need mentioning. the biggest increase in railfares in five years came into force this morning. annual season tickets are going up by 3.6%. average fares will go up 3.a% — which means they're rising much faster than wages. there have been protests at several stations by angry commuters. british manufacturing had a good 2017, with output reaching four year highs. but by december that growth was slowing — slightly. one of the indices that measures it, the pmi, dropped from 58.2 in november to 56.3 in december, but so long as it stays above 50 that means manufacturing is still growing. around eight million people in the uk are likely to struggle with their finances this month because of the amount they spent at christmas. the charity money advice trust says one in six people says they are likely to fall behind on theirfinances, compared with just over one in ten last january. let's talk about last year. this is when we can ask what did well last year? house-builders were good. if you invested in house—builders, companies like persimmon, the help to buy scheme put a lot of money into that. the best performer of the lot was something called nmc, you probably have not heard of it, it is a health care company providing health in saudi arabia and 11 different countries. their profits went up by about 60% last year, shares by about 80%, they have got something like a million patients, something like a million patients, so the dividend that you get from those shares every year went at 60%. past performance is no guides. staying with house—building, that is normally an indicator of the wider economy, if they are doing well, it suggests things are picking up elsewhere as well? there has been a huge emphasis on house—building on the prospects for more house—building in the economy. there has been more excitement put into the whole house—building industry. also things like retail has been suffering, we will be doing more on the state of the retail sector later in aboutan the state of the retail sector later in about an hour, interviewing somebody to find out how they did over christmas. the figures are not particularly encouraging. as wages increase slower than inflation, people have less money in their pockets and less money to spend. we have looked at what is good, what is bad? centrica was the worst on the ftse with gas companies. and lost a lot of customers because of that prices and then had a freeze from the government. shares were down something like a0 or 50%, a really bad hit for centrica. wb advertising, you say house—building isa advertising, you say house—building is a good indicator, advertising is a very good indicator. its shares we re a very good indicator. its shares were down 20 or 30%. clear as mud! exactly. lots of people are wondering what on earth that is. those glasses say 2018, is that the point? another mistake the next year? 2018. what else have you got? we don't really know what will happen in 2018. at the moment everybody thinks oil prices will go up, we have to think about the interest rates and look at what is happening in the us, which is why we have the gita lemire joining happening in the us, which is why we have the gita lemirejoining us happening in the us, which is why we have the gita lemire joining us from new york. —— we have you gita lemire. what will it be like in new york, there will be critical to the market at the rest of the economy? there is a new chair of the federal reserve , there is a new chair of the federal reserve, jerome powell. we have some new guests looking around the stock exchange. getting back to your question, what people expect here is continuity, very gradual rate rises this year, similar to last year. however, some members of the committee which take the decision have changed. although jerome committee which take the decision have changed. althoutherome powell has always more or less voted in line with what janet yellen has decided there are some members who are more hawkish, and there are concerns are more hawkish, and there are concerns whether we might see more rate rises or the incremental increase if that is more than they expect. that could alarm markets. there is a lot of expression of hopes of reforms from people on things like the banking sector, we have just had tax reforms go through. any thoughts about the changes you will see in the laws and regulations governing the markets which might make a huge difference to the way those markets perform? one of the main reasons you have seen the phenomenal performance of the markets in 2017 is thanks to strong corporate earnings. because of the tax reform just passed, effective now in january, of the tax reform just passed, effective now injanuary, i think people expect there to be better corporate earnings because it is a law that essentially benefits major companies. that is why traders who i have spoken to here expect the market to continue rising, they do not think it will be as phenomenal as the rate rise we saw for the dow jones last year, but certainly they remain bullish. thank you, yogita limaye in the us. a quick look at the markets. an hour ago the ftse was up half a percent, you never can tell. the pound against the euro is quite weak, about half a cent weaker against the euro. is everybody back today? it is pretty much the start of new year's trading. we have a solid week ahead, pretty solid week. what is today? tuesday? wednesday? tuesday! i will leave it there explanation tuesday! you heard it first on bbc! jamie, thank you, happy new year! it was a long new year! clearly. you will have seen dramatic pictures over the holiday period of that fire in liverpool. mrs ed rescue service have released photos taken at the multistorey car park in kings dock in liverpool, which suffered extensive damage when it was engulfed by a fire which at one point hit 1000 celsius. the operator acc liverpool said all vehicles inside the car park has been com pletely inside the car park has been completely destroyed. these pictures very much suggest that as well. the mayor of liverpool has suggested the blaze would have been contained if recent fire service budget cuts had not been imposed. he has been speaking to the bbc, said the car park was not in danger of collapse but pulling it down would be difficult with so many vehicles still inside. this car park right next to the echo arena which had hosted the liverpool international horschel at the time. hundreds of people were stranded because they had no transport to get home. insurance companies say they will expedite claims from those who lost vehicles in the blaze. more from liverpool later, but those dramatic stills just released by the liverpool fire and rescue service. more than 300 women from hollywood's entertainment industry have launched an initiative to try to fight sexual harassment in the film industry and other workplaces. the campaign, called time's up, was announced in an advert in the new york times. it's backed by actresses including meryl streep and jennifer lawrence and will provide legal support for women and men who suffer harassment at work. a book shop in a small town in dumfries & galloway which allows holidaymakers the chance to run it for two weeks at a time, has proved so popular there are now plans to open similar stores in asia. the open book has been running forfour years, and there are no vacancies until 2020. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. between the hills and the sea in south—west scotland is a small town where they like their books — a lot. wigtown is scotland's national book town and among the many book shops here, one is available to rent for a week at a time. it's run by enthusiasts who want to be surrounded by books while trying their hand at selling some too. alison drury is a police community support officer from bicester, but not this week. instead, she is stacking book shelves and shifting stock. you are paying for the privilege of running a book shop for a week. what do your friends make of it? a bit of a mixture. i think some of them think that i'm a bit eccentric and think that it's a very strange thing to do. by the same token, i've got some friends who think it's extremely exciting and are very excited for me and actually a bit envious. have you been enjoying it? i have. you can tell, can't you?! the temporary book store boss has free rein. displays can change, so too can the promotions. the chance to run a book shop for a week or two has proved popular. people have come from as far away as new zealand, north america and south korea to run this place. there was a couple in their 80s who came on honeymoon, and others who liked the town so much that they stayed. this shop, which once came close to closure, turned around by those who have a dream of running a book shop and want the chance to test it out. i think in everyone's life you have that "what if" voice. what if ijust owned a book shop by the sea in scotland? we want to give people the opportunity to do it. this is actual real virtual reality, where you can come and be in a book shop and feel the cold and read the books and enjoy the community and kind of have little surprises of an adventure along the way. and if those who've come on their book shop holiday are looking for ideas, with wigtown boasting 1a book shops, there is plenty here to inspire. we love our book shops, we love our books, yeah, and we've even got people coming from far and wide to run a book shop in wigtown, imagine that! it sounds a crazy idea, but what a fantastic thing for wigtown, opening wigtown to the world, encouraging people to come and share our love for books. that passion for selling books may be spreading. there's interest from a chinese firm looking to open its own version of the open book holiday business. so successful has this scottish one been, its booked up for the next two years. let's catch up with the weather and louise lear. the christmas and new year festivities are long gone. some of us are a festivities are long gone. some of us are a little bit gloomy. the weather is no exception. grey skies today, some rain, some of it quite heavy, it looks like the week shaping up will be windy, stormy times with rain around at times. a blanket of cloud right across the country, hence the great story today. there has been rain, some heavy, as it has moved west to east. it will only be replaced by another area of low pressure. this is storm eleanor, it arrives through the night. it is a named storm because of the strength of the winds, severe gales on the southern flank closes to the centre of low pressure. as we go through other we will see gust of wind is in excess of 70 mph easing away from northern ireland, pushing into the scottish borders and the north—west of england. 70 or 80 mph winds not out of the question. that will be strong enough potentially to cause some disruption and certainly the potential for disruption for your early morning travelling. the winds are not as strong further north, on wednesday morning in scotla nd north, on wednesday morning in scotland it will not be too bad. even at 80 and we will see winds in excess of 30 or a0 mph, gusts across northern ireland and into northern england. we will see a scattering of shows to the west end sun will push further inland. quiet in terms of showers further south but the wind strengths will be stormy, making for a disease as well. through the afternoon, the winds will continue to drive though showers, some pushing further inland. some merging to longer spells of rain. temperatures into single figures, double digits further south and west. moving out of wednesday, a slight lull in proceeding through wednesday night into the early hours of thursday. we do it all again, another area of low pressure pushes from the south—west. at least with a selflessly winded. be pretty mild, but it will be wet at times. heavy rain moves across england and wales, lingering for a time to northern ireland, central and southern scotla nd ireland, central and southern scotland for much of the day. those temperatures here a little more disappointing. the wind direction changes into friday, a northerly kicks in, turning things colder and possibly a little wintry. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 3.00pm: on the wrong track — as we get back to work after the holidays, campaigners say some people are being priced off the railways. this investment is needed and the only way to do that is to increase fa res, u nfortu nately. it is pretty disgusting. you're not even guaranteed to see it, so i think it is wrong. iran's supreme leader blames foreign enemies for stirring the protests in his country — at least 22 people are dead and hundreds have been arrested. an investigation is underway after 13 monkeys were killed in a fire at woburn safari park in bedfordshire. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jessica: yes, andy murray has revealed the struggle he has gone through to come back from his hip injury. he has even considered surgery. i will have more on that at half—past. even considered surgery. i will have more on that at half-past. thanks, jessica. louise has all the weather. yes, not the most inspiring start to the weather for 2018. all the details shortly. thanks, louise. also coming up: no more than two low—calorie snacks a day — parents are urged to reduce the amount of sugar that young children consume. that's what the health experts say, but how do you persuade them to ditch the mars barfor an apple? just tweet us. simon mccoy@bbc. hello everyone, this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. many of us are back at work today after the christmas break, and if that wasn't bad enough those of us travelling by rail have been hit with the largest fare rise in five years. campaigners warn the rise — of more than £100 for some season ticket—holders — is pricing ordinary people off the railways, but the rail delivery group, which represents train operators, says higher fares will lead to better services. our transport correspondent richard westcott reports. back to work after the holidays. rail commuters are shelling out for yet another fare rise. this time it is the biggest increase for five years. this is the busy commuter line, people coming in from cambridgeshire and hertfordshire into london. plenty of people on this train are just a few pounds shy of the £5000 club — £5000 for an annual season ticket. that's gone up by about £600 in the last five years. price rises have been relentless. other countries in europe don't pay anywhere near as much as we do and their services tend to be better than ours, so i don't know why we have to pay such a lot of money for such a poor service, really. on the way home, it's normally a massive crowd of people at king's cross, all trying to get on the train at the same time. if i am not more than five minutes early for the train, i am definitely not getting a seat home. you do not get the choice, really. we've got to make the commute from hertfordshire into london, so when it is so expensive and there are cancellations, especially during winter... average fares across britain go up by 3.a% this year. season tickets, which are regulated by the government, go up by 3.6%. it will add just shy of £150 to the price of a season ticket for people coming into london on the strike—riddled line from hove in east sussex. nearly £110 to a yearly ticket from liverpool to manchester. and commuters going to birmingham from gloucester must find £1a0 more this year. this is where a lot of the money is going. london bridge hasjust had a £1 billion makeover. and there is a whole new line coming under london — crossrail. the government says it is investing record amounts to improve the trains, but it is also changing who foots the bill. a smaller proportion now comes from the taxpayer which means more has to come from ticket sales. for every £1 a passenger pays in fares, 97p goes directly into running and improving the railway. but also, with more people using the railway, that means we have more money to invest and enables investment and the sort of improvement we see here as well. but the biggest survey suggests fewer than half of passengers think they are getting value for money and the latest figures show season—ticketjourneys have actually started going down. passengers are already putting in over £9 billion a year into the railways through the fare box, it's a lot of money, and the industry and government should work much harder to get better value for money out of that, so that one year, let's have a fares freeze for christmas, that would be a really good present. if commuters do put that on their christmas list this year, they are likely to be disappointed. richard westcott, bbc news. we're joined now by shadow transport secretary andy mcdonald, speaking to us from a train via webcam. you actually wanted to join a protest in leeds, but there were some problems, can you discredit? 0h, some problems, can you discredit? oh, when it says reconnecting you know what you are in trouble. can you hear me now? yes. ijust wanted to show the pictures of you at king's cross this morning. can you tell us what happened ? andy mcdonald, ijust tell us what happened ? andy mcdonald, i just want to know what happened at king's cross this morning? well, it was a good gathering, a lot of interest and leaflets were being handed out to people and i think they were very exercised in expressing their anger at the huge eye—watering increase, 32% increase in season tickets. the biggest since 2010, and it is really getting beyond a joke now and i think people are getting really fed up at these cost increases. and it compared... unfavourably, they are being experienced than elsewhere. british passengers are paying through the nose for services that are not always... sound loss you will be aware of the argument that passengers are benefiting from the huge increase... sorry about the poor connection again. i will stay with it because i hope you reappear. but the argument is people are paying for a much improved infrastructure and obviously that has a cost? well, i think those who were sharing my journey today perhaps well, i think those who were sharing myjourney today perhaps would not say that giving we were trapped on a powerless train for two hours before being rescued by another train to tow us to grant tinker so i don't think people are experiencing an improvement and i think the opposite is true —— tow us to grantham. i think there are state controlled companies in the continent, by contrast. but here it is not going back into our infrastructure, and i think we have gotten to the end of the road in terms of tolerating this system, and it is time for change. chris grayling, the transport secretary, is in the middle east promoting british trade. you have been pretty critical of that? well, yes, i'm afraid well he is in qatar iam standing yes, i'm afraid well he is in qatar i am standing on the wet platform at grantham with cattarh, and they have made it two and a half billion pound investment and i think they need to explain that. that contract, if they couldn't do it, it should have been terminated and brought back within public control and management. we did it in 2009 and they should have done it on this occasion. it is quite scandalous that that should have happened and at the same time we are seeing the fares increase by almost £700 by average, and for many people it is more than that, so at the very least it is three times the level of earnings they have seen an increase over this same period, and this is just totally and utterly unacceptable. it is driving people off the real, and... sound loss we wa nt we want people out of their cars and onto trains, not the other way around. i will leave it there, andy mcdonald, because we have problems with the line, but i realise that is theissue with the line, but i realise that is the issue with doing an interview on a train. but thank you for that. parents are being urged to significantly lower the amount of sugar their children consume in snacks. public health england recommends children should consume a maximum of two low—calorie snacks a day. the advice is being given after it's emerged primary school children are consuming three times more sugar than the recommended limit — as our health correspondent, james gallagher, reports. half the sugar us kids eat and drink each year comes from snacks and sugary drinks. kids get through a mountain of sugary snacks each year — cake, ice cream, pop, juice, biscuits, sweets, chocolate. children eat three times more sugar than official advice — just over half of it comes from snacking between meals. it is one reason more than a quarter of children have rotten teeth by the time they are five. this public health england campaign is warning snacking has got out of hand and it is increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. we are very concerned about snacking. children have unhealthy diets, they are eating too many calories, they are eating too much sugar and snacking is part of the problem. we are encouraging parents to be aware of snacking and try to cut back and replace unhealthy snacks with better snacks. how do parents feel about snacking? i know kids like sweets, and other sugary stuff you get from shops and mcdonald's, but it is for the parents to keep an eye on them and their intake. to cut down on sugar, public health england is advising parents to limit snacks to just 100 calories and hand them out no more than twice a day, but the campaign has drawn criticism. parents might find this quite insulting to their own intelligence because it is fairly common sense, children having too many snacks, too many sugary things, they might have health complications for them down the line, particularly if they do not lead an active lifestyle. the advice is fruit and veg are best, but even malt loaf, fromage frais low in sugar, and crumpets are better than anything in the confectionery aisle. with me is nerissa chesterfield, from the free—market think tank, the institute of economic affairs. a lot of parents watching this will see, it is pretty much common sense. absolutely. i think no one can argue against snacking healthily and i think what public health england has said today it's pretty common sense. people know that snacking too much with chocolate bars, crisps, that sort of thing, it is bad for their children is not balanced with an active lifestyle, so i don't think there is a necessity for public—health body to tell us this. you think they are wasting their time? i think it is completely unnecessary for them to intervene andi unnecessary for them to intervene and i think in the past where they have come into this with such invasive policies, for example the sugar tax being introduced, i don't think these draconian measures are necessary. we have splashed out and have some examples of the good and bad location. chocolate, crisps, no surprise, they are bad. malt loaf, yoghurt, they are betterfor you, but the difficulty is, as any parent will tell you, trying to persuade a youngster that actually that mars bar they have been having on a daily basis now needs to give way to an apple? absolutely and i identify with that struggle. i have a niece and nephew and they have the very little and you have to tell them they have no snack without fruit, andi they have no snack without fruit, and i think it is an example here. these things are supposedly healthy, and half a yoghurt may be under the hundred calories advised but the nutritional value might not be as much if they are leading an active lifestyle, you know, playing sports in the playground, so they might need more energy from something like a peanut butter sandwich which has three times more nutritional value but might be three times the calories are allowed. if i was watching this morning now, working at public health england, i would be ringing up, we have put this advice though, for the public good, and you are not exactly dissing it, but saying it is not particularly helpful? i am saying it is a bit questionable because i don't think we should necessarily base things on calories but it should be more about nutritional value, but i think that these guidelines can lead to more invasive policies down the road and i think we should question them when they are gay delays. we seem to be getting more of these guidelines. guidelines are one thing but the next stage is, what, they will tell us next stage is, what, they will tell us what we can and cannot do? then prosecute? absolutely. perhaps not prosecute, but campaigns led by the nhs, for example change for life, they could introduce subsidies for certain eating habits or subsidising certain eating habits or subsidising certain snacks, and that can lead even more to something more coercive which could lead into a tax or actually banning certain snacks, so we need to cut this at the point where it is just a we need to cut this at the point where it isjust a guideline we need to cut this at the point where it is just a guideline and actually challenge it there because it could lead to more draconian measures down the road. the trouble is we started the interview on the basis it is common sense, yet you seem to be saying, if kids want crisps they should be allowed as long as it is part of a healthy daily routine? no, ithink it is long as it is part of a healthy daily routine? no, i think it is up to the parents. i mean it is common sense because most people know that too many chocolate bars and crisps will not be very good for the child down the line and it will lead to health complications, but i am challenging these guidelines in the sense they may lead to a creep of more and more intervention in our daily lives. the nanny state, in other words? exactly and that is what we don't need and don't want. it is not for the state to dictate to parents what they can't and can't feed their child. well, a guideline isa feed their child. well, a guideline is a guideline, so at the moment —— what they can and cannot feed their child. so this is 100 calories... 200 calories for a chocolate bar, and that is where these guidelines may be helpful in educating but what we do not want to see them going further and using these guidelines to build on more draconian measures such as subsidising snacks, trying to coerce people into eating things, when actually it is personal choice. would you be against a label on a snack saying, as recommended by public health england, or not subsidising but at least giving the information that this is a good thing to pick up off the shelf? that is not for me to say personally. to be honest, i can make my own decisions and i think, like most people, they probably have enough sense to know what is good and bad and how to live a balanced diet. everyone knows too much sugar is bad, not enough exercise, bad, and people complete their lives as they choose. we i do cross the line is where things like subsidies and taxes come into it, where the government is basically trying to coerce people to live life in a certain way. nerissa, very good to speak you, >> speaker—mac:. speak you, >> speaker-mac:. thank you. -- very good to speak to you, andy. —— very good to speak to, nerissa chesterfield. iran's supreme leader has accused the country's enemies of stirring days of protests that have claimed at least 22 lives. ayatollah ali khamenei was speaking for the first time since demonstrations began last thursday. state media says 9 people, including a child, died overnight in clashes between demonstrators and security forces — as authorities struggle to contain the biggest challenge to the country's clerical leadership since 2009. this report by our correspondent richard galpin. the protests and the authorities‘ response to them are becoming increasingly violent — buildings being burnt and shots fired. last night, at least nine people killed, including some members of the security forces. the focus of people's anger is this man, the country's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. the spark for the protests — rising food prices and unemployment running at 60% in some areas. people are actually fed up with political corruption. people are fed up with economic corruption. and they believe that the only way to pave the way for a meaningful change, a meaningful economic change, is through radical political reform. one response of the authorities has been to hold big counterdemonstrations like this in many parts of the country. but the government's strategy also includes restricting access to the internet and placing the blame for what's happening on its enemies abroad. today, iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, spoke for the first time about the crisis since it began last week. translation: following recent events, the enemies have united and are using all their means — money, weapons, policies and security services — to create problems for the islamic republic. the statement is a clear sign that this widespread unrest is rattling the clerics, who have ruled the country for decades. this morning, the british foreign secretary, borisjohnson, called for meaningful debate about what he said were legitimate and important issues the protesters were raising. and he said the government was looking to the iranian authorities to permit this. but with the protests and violence continuing, that seems unlikely. already more than a00 people have been arrested. richard galpin, bbc news. you're watching afternoon live — these are our headlines: rail commuters face being "priced out of work" as rail fares rise to their highest in five years. iran's supreme leader blames foreign enemies for stirring the protests in his country that have left 22 dead — his first comments since the demonstrations began. parents are being urged to reduce the amount of sugar their child consumes, by giving them no more than two low—calorie snacks a day. and in the sport: andy murray describes his rehab for a long—term hip injury as "demoralising." the former world number one has had to pull out of the brisbane international ahead of his first match this week and is considering surgery. the 16—time darts world champion phil taylor tips rob cross for a big future in the sport, after being beaten by cross in the world championship final — taylor's last match before retiring. and the board at stoke are considering the future of manager mark hughes — the team have won just two matches in their last 12. i'll be back with more on those stories just after half past. 13 monkeys have been killed in a fire at woburn safari park in bedfordshire. the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning in the patas monkey house, and none of the animals could be saved. our correspondent, chi chi izundu, is at the safari park. she sent this update a short time ago. fire crews are currently conducting an investigation to establish the cause of the fire. so far they have said that it wasn't maliciously started. we did speak earlier to drew mullins, who is the managing director here at woburn safari park. at 2:37pm the estate's security patrol picked up that there was a fire somewhere in the safari park. at that point they called bedfordshire fire and rescue team. bedfordshire fire and rescue team arrived at 2:55. when they arrived and got into the jungle, along with members of our staff because we had members of staff here just at the entrance into the park, the roof had actually collapsed. at which point they can save 13 patas monkeys in the house. can you confirm nor other animals have been hurt? no other animals have been hurt. the patas were in the house and no other animals were in that house and it is isolated in its location. so the monkeys are kept inside overnight due to the cold weather. other animals in thejungle drive—through enclosure have been checked over and are being monitored to make sure they have not been harmed as a result of the fire. so far as they are showing signs that none have been harmed. all 13 monkeys, as we said, sadly perished in that fire, and this news comes just ten days after london zoo had its own fire which killed an aardvark and four meerkats. chi chi, have we heard ning thing —— heard anything from the fire brigade about what happened when the fire broke out, what caused this? sadly when the fire crews arrived the roof had already collapsed at the monkey house due to the intensity of the heat and they had to wear specialist crew safety kits because of smoke and the fire, and they did put it and the fire, and they did put it and staff at the safari park who are based here on site have actually had to receive some counselling because obviously they have very special relationships with animals they take ca re relationships with animals they take care of. gigi is -- chi chi —— chi chi izunda. more than 11,000 homes across the uk have been empty for more than a decade, according to research carried out by the liberal democrats. the study also suggests very few councils in england and wales have made use of powers that allow local authorities to take over properties that have been empty for more than six months. but the government says the number of empty homes has fallen by a third since 2010 and is now at its lowest level since records began. south korea has offered to hold high—level talks with the north next week — the first for more than two years. the offer follows the new year address by the north korean leader kim jong—un, in which he announced the possibility of sending a team to the winter olympics — which begin next month in south korea. sophie long reports from seoul. as preparations for the winter olympics move into the final month, excitement in south korea has been mounting. but there's always been a question mark over whether north korea would attend. on new year's day, kim jong—un said he was considering sending a delegation, and now the south korean government's response... translation: the government proposes to hold high—level talks with north korea on 9th january at the peace house in the truce village of panmunjom, to discuss north korea's participation in the pyeongchang winter olympics, as the winter olympics are a month away. pyongyang hasn't yet responded to that proposal, but people are hopeful that it will, and that the meeting will take place. we would like to maximise the opportunity and as soon as possible. so when south korea made this offer of a high—level meeting with north korea, north korea, very quickly, and we would like to see a high—level meeting happening very soon. the south korean president has said any improvement in inter—korean relations must also help to the north korean nuclear issue. the offer of talks next tuesday was discussed with south korea's key ally the united states. but president trump will be watching developments very closely. so too will people living on the korean peninsula. some 25 million north koreans, for whom life is really tough and could get tougher if the latest round of un sanctions really starts to bite. and the people of south korea, nearly 11 million of whom live here in seoul, just 35 miles from the north korean border. there's only a month until the opening ceremony. but the organisers believe a north korean delegation could be there. we are hopeful, you know, we always want all of the countries to participate. and they do have qualified athletes, and so for the athletes it's also important. you know, they've been training for it all their lives and we just want them to enjoy what the olympics are all about, the spirit of friendship, the spirit of peace. others, though, are more sceptical, pointing out that this could be a tactical move by north korea, and a month of peace and stability isn't necessarily a step towards north korean denuclearisation. sophie long, bbc news, seoul. the air accident investigators in australia hope to retrieve the wreckage of a seaplane that crashed on new year's eve by the end of this week. all six people on board were killed — the pilot, and a british family who were on holiday, including the businessman richard cousins, the chief executive of the catering giant compass. the accident happened just north of sydney, from where our correspondent phil mercer has sent this report. the wreckage of the seaplane lies in more than a0 feet of water on a river bed north of sydney. air crash investigators are searching for clues to explain why it crashed, killing all six people onboard. what has emerged, however, is that this is not the first plane of its type to be involved in a fatal accident. four british holiday—makers died when a similar seaplane, a de havilland dhc—2 beaver, went down in canada in 2015. accounts from witnesses will also help australian authorities to establish why a routine sightseeing flight ended in disaster. will mcgovern says he saw his friends dive into the water to try to help those trapped in the plane. i saw three of my mates dead set risk their lives. they could have died. you know, this plane was moving fast, it was going down. it was pretty hard because of the oil, but i could see windows, the windows, we just couldn't dive down deep enough, really, to be able to see more. at least they will know that there were people there trying to help, and i'm sorry. the air crash investigation team is made up of former pilots, aeronautical engineers, and data recovery experts. it is their task to piece together the events that led to the tragedy atjerusalem bay to the north of sydney. the crucial piece of evidence, of course, is the wreckage of the seaplane. it still lies at the bottom of the hawkesbury river. the authorities hope to bring it to the surface by the end of the week. after its recovered, the single—engine aircraft will be taken to canberra for examination. we will be looking at a number of areas, particularly around the aircraft's components. we will be removing those and examining them. we will also be looking at any recorder data that might be on the aircraft, so that would involve both avionics or instruments attached to the aeroplane. aviation experts have speculated that the seaplane may have stalled before crashing because of engine failure, an unexpected gust of wind or a mistake by the pilot. a preliminary report from the australian transport safety bureau is expected within a month, but a more comprehensive review of the disaster could take a lot longer. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. more than 300 women from hollywood's entertainment industry have launched an initiative to try to fight sexual harassment in the film industry and other workplaces. the campaign, called time's up, was announced in an advert in the new york times. it's backed by actresses including meryl streep and jennifer lawrence and will provide legal support for women and men who suffer harassment at work. don't forget, you can let us know what you think — tweet us using the hashtag afternoonlive. all the ways to contact us on screen right now. time for the weather now with louise lear. on. it has been a feisty start to the new year, hasn't it? with two storms already. this is actually storm eleanor that arrives through the night over northern ireland eventually affecting southern scotla nd eventually affecting southern scotland and north west england in particular with severe gales quite likely. we could see the strongest of the winds easing away through the overnight period, but nevertheless with gusts of wind expected at 70 mph plus that could bring some damage. there will be some hill snow as well across the central belt of scotla nd as well across the central belt of scotland overnight. the strongest of the winds first thing tomorrow morning likely to be across north—west england and the scottish borders, 70—80 mph. we will see some strong winds to the east of the pennines as well. a blustery day. plenty of showers even once the low eases away. driven inland by this westerly wind, so not particularly pleasant. if you dodge the showers you will perhaps see high values of around ten or 11 degrees, 3—7 in the north. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. rail commuters have been hit with the biggest increase in train fares for five years. from today, the average rail ticket will be 3.a% more expensive. iran's supreme leader has accused the country's foreign enemies of stirring up protests over the past week, in his first comment on the unrest. at least 22 people have been killed since the demonstrations began on thursday. an investigation has begun into a fire that killed 13 monkeys at woburn safari park in bedfordshire. the blaze began in a jungle enclosure in the early hours of the morning. parents are being urged to give their children a maximum of just two low—calorie snacks a day. public health england says snacks shouldn't exceed 100 calories each in a bid to reduce tooth decay and childhood obesity. sport now on afternoon live with jessica creighton. not the end that phil tailor would have wanted ? . not the end that phil tailor would have wanted? . what a career you he has it. he has dominated the sport. perhaps serena williams, perhaps bolt in athletics. phil taylor won 18 world titles and oversaw a period where he dragged the sport from being amateur, like a pub sport, into the modern era where it's a viable career. back in the day they we re viable career. back in the day they were earning a couple of hundred pounds as prize money. in the world championship final last night the prize fun was £a00,000. he played his last match in the world championship final. the sport looks in good health he now he has retired. the the man who beat him, rob cross, performed well. you would hope darts has a long future as well as cross himself. we will hear from him later in the bulletin. andy murray, there are doubts he will be able to perform this year, his last tournament was wimbledon? yes. what a time for him. it hasn't been a good time at all. hasn't played competitively since july because of this ongoing hip injury. in a couple of weeks' time it's the start of the major season with the australian open getting underway. he pulled out of the brisbane open. in a social media post he said he would give anything to be out there playing on the court and the whole situation with his injury has left him quite demoralised. it's not long now until the australian open. will he pull out? here's our tennis correspondent. this instagram post gives us a real insight into how he is feeling and how traumatised he has been by the whole experience, this inability to do what he loves most, compete against the other best players in the world on the tennis court. the frustration for murray is the advice he was given seems to have been very much rehab is his best option and he would always work incredibly hard in making sure he has done everything in his power to recover as quickly as possible, but once he has put that to the test against other top players in the world in brisbane this week, he has realised that so far even the best part of six months rest has not got his hip to where it needs to be. therefore, even though he still does not want to go down this route, he says he may have to consider surgery, which would probably mean three months out of the game before he even starts to make his return. if he did go down that route, it would be summer at the very earliest before we saw him back on the tennis court. stoke are considering the future of manager mark hughes, after their 1—0 defeat at home to newcastle. stoke currently lie 16th in the premier league table, just two points above the relegation zone, having won only two of their last 12 games. the board haven't yet met to formally discuss their manager's position and hughes is preparing the team for saturday's fa cup game at coventry. the arsenal manager, arsene wenger, has been charged by the football association over comments he made to match officials after sunday's 1—1 draw against west brom. wenger was furious with the referee mike dean, who had given west brom a late penalty at the hawthorns, after a handball by calum chambers. wenger has until 6.00pm on friday to respond. the 16—time darts world champion phil taylor says rob cross has a big future in the sport, after losing to him in the final of the pdc world championships last night. it was taylor's last match before he retired, but cross, who was working as an electrician this time last year, was unfazed by the momentous occassion and says he's yet to realise his achievement. it will sink in once all the dust has settled over the next few days or whatever and i get some time with the family. but no—one, no—one could have written it. not even me last year. i expected to win more games than what i lost this year. but no—one could have put it in that context no—one could have put it in that co ntext a nd no—one could have put it in that context and said that that was going to be the outcome. it would have been amazing. i probably would have chewed their arms off last year. that's all the sport for now, will have more for you in the next hour. next up is holly hamilton. for decades china has been importing plastic waste from other countries, including britain, for recycling. but now, it has banned the trade, citing environmental worries. it means thousands of tonnes of plastic — separated and put into recycling bins by households here in the uk — now needs to find a new destination, which is putting huge pressure on the british recycling industry. our correspondent, dan johnson, reports. all that wrapping paper, so much christmas waste. it is the season to throw plenty away. and this is the kind of place it goes — sorted, sifted, separated so it can be recycled. this is the same process on the other side of the world. for decades, china's been a global dustbin, taking huge quantities of our rubbish and recycling it. it's become a massive, complicated business, but now china has said no more. it's got enough waste of its own to deal with, so now we have to work out what we're going to do with our rubbish. if you take packaging, for example, we're collecting about 1.2 million tonnes of plastic packaging every year, put in the recycling bins. but we've relied on 65% of that tonnage being exported to overseas markets, the vast majority has been going to china. this is the sort of stuff that might previously have been sent to china, different plastic bottles of different kinds that might be recycled in different ways. and if you look at the tomato ketchup bottle, there's still some sauce in there. now, that's the kind of thing china is now saying it will not take, it will not deal with. so we've got to work out what to do with it, and this company is already recycling its waste here. with so much of our plastic being shipped to china, there's still a lot more to deal with. if we can't send recyclables to china, there are alternatives india, indonesia, malaysia... there will be other options, such as sending certain rubbish to energy from waste plants, if there is literally nothing else to do with it. but in the longer term, we need to be looking to clean up our waste because, quite frankly, we need to make better use of it ourselves. if we have a good quality recycler, we can do more with it. the government says it will look for ways to recycle more here, and there are calls for better design, which considers what happens to products after their useful life, and for more products to be reused, so we don't produce as much rubbish in the first place. simon ellin is chief executive of the uk recycling association. did you see this coming? this seems to have been a sudden decision by china? it was. six months we were given notice by china through the world trade organisation that a com plete world trade organisation that a complete ban on post—consumer plastics and a complete ban on certain grades of recovered paper. what happens now how do we cope? the $6a,000. we have started looking at new markets and there are... we have looked at more markets within the uk, within europe, within eastern europe and other asian destinations such asthma lace ya and vietnam and indonesia. it's not just such asthma lace ya and vietnam and indonesia. it's notjust the uk that the ban applies to. it applies to the ban applies to. it applies to the western world, the us, the west coast of the united states. we are all looking at the same alternative markets. those markets at the moment are not there. we are all fairly obsessed with recycling. are you saying the uk can't develop with it? yes. that has developed over the last two decades. something like 50% of all the paper that we collect, we collect 8 million tonnes a year, cardboard, food packaging, newspapers, magazines, office papers etc, 50% of that has been sent to china. approaching 50% of our plastics has gone to china. it does go to china. china actually supplies the goods and the cardboard in the fist place, the television and electrical goods we buy come in cardboard boxes we sent it back on what would have been empty vessels — a lot of people say it's madness? it's not the ships that go back to china would go back empty. why not fill them with recycling. it's a good environmental option. the problem is, we have been geared up for the last two decades with supplying china all of a sudden, overnight, china disappears we have to undo two decades worth of investment in collection and processing struck with six months‘ notice. that‘s impossible. processing struck with six months‘ notice. that's impossible. what does it mean for reprocessing here? will we see more plants emerging in this country, more jobs? keeping we see more plants emerging in this country, morejobs? keeping it on site? we certainly hope so. i think despite the fact it will be short—term pain for us it gives us a fantastic opportunity in the uk to fundamentally review how we produce, design, recycle material that ends up design, recycle material that ends up in the waste stream. we have the rock solid opportunity now to investment in new collection and processing struck in the uk. keep it in the uk, designed for the future. we will look back and we will be stronger as a result. you must be letters all the time suggesting various ways of dealing with plastic rubbish? a story at the weekend someone building a house with plastic bricks, is the technology there that we might find it‘s a useful thing? absolutely it is. again, it is a matter of research and research and development. one of the things we would advocate, any plastic product produced in the uk that the government stipulate a minimum recycle content. if you have a minimum recycle content you generate the market. it‘s about supply and demand. if you increase the demand you increase the supply. take more and more material out of the waste stream and design better for the recycling purposes. prices go for the recycling purposes. prices 9° up for the recycling purposes. prices go up and you create jobs. for the recycling purposes. prices go up and you createjobs. we for the recycling purposes. prices go up and you create jobs. we are likely in the uk before pre—brexit to adopt the uk circumstance la economy package that will come into being — economy package that will come into being - i haven't read that myself. you wouldn‘t. i must admit i read the summary, shall we say, i haven‘t got through it. they are talking about in terms of multi—billion of pounds worth of income generation and thousands and thousands ofjobs that are generated through having a circumstance la economy and putting more plastic, more recycle content in the products we produce. a lot of people have had that nightmare of opening christmas presents with that wrapping, you get the scissors out, you think, why have they done that? is there pressure on people responsible for packaging in the first place to rethink about it? absolutely. that‘s the key to it all, isn‘t it? i would urge consumers, the general public, when you do your supermarket shop next time, try and chose your product in terms of repsychability, there are so many horrendously designed products out there where the producers of those products, where the retailers, manufacturers and designers are not taking responsibility for the materials that they are producing. they have been allowed to get away with it. we have been picking up the tab for it. with china shutting the doors it‘s time for the industry, time for the government, time for the you can p lick to say to these guys — no more. design for sustainability and design for our future. simon, fascinating. thank you very much for coming in. pleasure. thank you. hundreds of thousands of migrants remain stuck in libya after the number trying to cross the mediterranean sea to europe has been reduced by police patrols. a european union policy of encouraging libyan groups to monitor its coastline has reduced migrant travel by 70% since july. however, the un has described living conditions for the majority of african migrants as inhumane. more than 5,000, mainly nigerians, have been repatriated and those returning from libya have told harrowing stories of abuse. in this special report, the bbc‘s stephanie hegarty went to the city of benin, in southern nigeria, to meet those recently released. many of those who‘ve walked the streets of benin have dreamed of going to europe. jackson and felix almost made it, but they were arrested in a boat off the coast of libya and sent to prison in a place called gharyan. they said when they were no longer needed they were dumped in the desert, rescued by a man driving by. they were repatriated to nigeria with the help of the un. we spoke to several nigerian migrants, cross checking details of their stories, and each told us of the same horrifying trend. prison authorities leasing or selling migrants to local businesses as labour. it‘s a new development in a dark and brutal industry in which traffickers and prison guards extort migrants, forcing them to buy their freedom. this man was arrested in libya in 2015 and brought to prison. he says the man bought his fredoom and forced him to work for nothing. after three months, he refused to continue. back in prison he was told he was going to be deported, instead he went to gharyan for seven months. how many people did you see die there? in this hotel in benin city about 200 men and women who‘ve just arrived from libya are being processed and received by the authorities here. many of them have stories of abuse and mistreatment at the hands of the authorities in the libyan detention centres where again and again gharyan prison is mentioned as a place of terrible abuse. it‘s run by libya‘s ministry of interior which itself is run by two militia groups. libya is in the middle of a civil war and these militia are only nominally under the un recognised government in tripoli. the libyan interior ministry didn‘t respond to our attempts to set up an interview. the un‘s migration agency says there are about 700,000 migrants still stuck in libya. several african governments have stepped up efforts to get their citizens home and thousands have been repatriated in the past few weeks. carrying untold trauma, those that do come home have to begin the hard work of rebuilding their lives. stephanie hegarty, bbc news, nigeria. in a moment the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. rail commuters face being "priced out of work" as rail fares rise to their highest in five years. iran‘s supreme leader blames foreign enemies for stirring the protests in his country, that have left 22 dead, his first comments since the demonstrations began. parents are being urged to reduce the amount of sugar their child consumes by giving them no more than two low calorie snacks a day. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. if you travel regularly by rail this will hardly need mentioning, the biggest increase in railfares in five years came into force this morning. annual season tickets are going up by 3.6%. average fares will go up 3.a%, which means they‘re rising much faster than wages. there have been protests at several stations by angry commuters. british manufacturing had a good 2017, with output reaching four year highs. but by december that growth was slowing — slightly. one of the indices that measures it, the pmi, dropped from 58.2 in november to 56.3 in december, but so long as it stays above 50 that means manufacturing is still growing. around 8 million people in the uk are likely to struggle with their finances this month because of the amount they spent at christmas. the charity, money advice trust, says one in six people says they are likely to fall behind on theirfinances, compared with just over one in ten last january. that is the end of the christmas cheer. i asked for headlines, we are in debt, we want to change ourjobs and no—one is going to the shops. miserable. the levels of debt is what is concerning people? figures out before christmas saying the average brit owes £2,100, at the end of christmas. that‘s the average person. it‘s not very nice. if you think about one in six people at the moment say they will struggle with their finances compared with one in ten last year. the reason behind it all really is that wages are not rising as fast as inflation. things are getting more and more expensive and you are not able to keep up with it. . that is notjust christmas. people are struggling with every day bills and putting that on credit cards? it comes to a head at christmas because they feel they have to buy stuff and spend money and things get out of hand. there is and things get out of hand. there is an organisation national debt line organisation. have you to work out how to deal with your debt and make a plan. you can‘t put your head under the duvet and think it will go away. debt doesn‘t, it stays with us. the other cherie headline. most of us want to change ourjob? it‘s 5296. of us want to change ourjob? it‘s 52%. same as last year. still more? yeah. it‘s a bit more. it‘s slightly. beginning of a new year. we have a lot of debt and feeling hung over the first thing you want to do is change yourjob. a lot of people saying, what i want to do is hang on to it? unemployment is all—time low, not all—time, record lows. very low indeed. the reason — i was talking more about me actually! the reason is one of the big reasons lack of recognition by their employers and also low productivity. people feel they are,ing injobs which productivity. people feel they are,ing in jobs which aren‘t really particularly effective a feeling of being wasted. those things didn‘t come up last year. few of us going into the shops. more of us are shopping online presumably there is a counter balance? the initial figures out today. the first indicator what happened over new year and christmas in terms of people going into christmas. it‘s not how much they spent, it‘s footfall. diane wehrle, insights director at springboard. the figures, they show us how many people were going through. they are dramatically lower than last year? they are indeed. this has been a trend that we have seen in december over the last six or seven years. footfall in december, as we measured it as springboard, has been declining every december in each year. really the structure of our christmas trading period has changed now. you mentioned online. a lot of growth, it has been double digit growth. it represents only around 20%, 2596 growth. it represents only around 20%, 25% of all sales in december. most spend is still instore. those figures are increasing. 20%, 25%, correct, aren‘t they getting it bigger and bigger every year it take as bigger bite out of the instore purchases? online is growing every year, the office of national statistics is coming back with figures that say that online represents around 20% of total spend in december. so despite the growth annually it‘s a mauler proportion than store sales in total. he are tail parks didn‘t do too badly, did they? is that significant? it is fairly significant. retail parks we have been seeing at springboard have done well, that is for a number of reasons. a huge improvement from the owners of the parks. they saw a real opportunity to improve the atmosphere and environment in the parks. car park something free. easy to get in and out of. ought all at one level, good for families and young children. they have changed the offer in these parks. a lots more eating out areas, coffee shops, places you want to go in and dwell. is that an indicator of the way that retailing is going generally, those environments that will be successful rather than the ordinary high street shop? absolutely. high streets have been fairly responsive to that. we have seen footfall increase post 5.00pm. given most shops are shut outside 5.00pm in london they are going in for leisure driven trips and hospitality. there is no reason why that will stop. thank you very much indeed. the markets:? that is ba. it's much indeed. the markets:? that is ba. it‘s up. that is because it bought an ba. it‘s up. that is because it boughtan airline ba. it‘s up. that is because it bought an airline in germany. it almost went under. marks & spencer went up. it sold all its asian businesses. 27 shops and it sold them all. they will run them as franchises instead because it wants to concentrate on the uk. the pound against the euro? up a tiny bit since i last spoke to you, an hour ago, a tiny bit. fabulous. more from jamie later on. merseyside fire and rescue service have released photos taken in the aftermath of a huge fire which gutted a liverpool car park and destroy 1,300 vehicles. the multi—storey in king‘s dock suffered extensive damage when it was engulfed by the blaze on sunday. operator acc liverpool said all vehicles inside the car park — next to the city‘s echo arena — had been completely destroyed. a huge number of cars strovld in that. dramatic footage has emerged showing an 89—year—old man being rescued from his vehicle by the us coast guard after it went into a marina in florida‘s panama city. members of the coast guard patrol boat marlin saw the car go into the water and immediately scrambled a rescue boat, breaking the car window and pulling the man to safety. that was before the car went down. dramatic pictures released in the last couple of hours. time for a look at the weather. here‘s louise lear. christmas and new year festivities long gone, some of us are gloomy, the weather no exception. grey skies today and rain, some heavy. the week shaping up will be windy, stormy at times, with rain around as well. a blanket of cloud across the country, hence the grey story today. there has been rain. some of it heavy as it most west to east. it‘s only going to be replaced by another area of low pressure. this is storm eleanor. it arrives through the night. the reason why it has been a named storm due to the strength of the winds. severe gales. as we go through the overnight period gusts of winds 70—80mph easing away from northern ireland moving into scotland. it will be strong enough potentially to cause some disruption and certainly the potential for potentially to cause some disruption and certainly the potentialfor some disruption for your early morning travelling. the wind is not as strong further north. on wednesday morning in scotland it will not be too bad. we will see, even at 8.00am, winds at 30—a0mph gusts from northern ireland into northern england. showers to the west pushing further inland. quieter in terms of showers further south, the wind strength will be stormy making for rough seas. the afternoon, the wind will drive the showers in from the west, some will push further inland. some merging together for longer spells of rain into the far north—west of scotland. here temperatures into digle figures, double digits further south and west —— single. we do it all again, low pressure pushing in from the south—west. with the south—westerly wind it will be mild, but it will be wet at times. heavy rain moving across england and wales. it will lingerfor across england and wales. it will linger for a across england and wales. it will lingerfor a time across england and wales. it will linger for a time through northern ireland, central and southern scotla nd ireland, central and southern scotland for much of the day. the temperatures here a little more disappointing. the wind direction will change as we move into friday. a northerly kicks in. it will make things colder and a little wintry. take care. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live. i‘m simon mccoy. today at 3.00pm: —— today at a.00pm: new year misery for rail commuters as fares rise to their highest level in five years. campaigners say that some people are being priced off the railways. commuters are being priced out. it is pretty disgusting. you're not even guaranteed to see it, so i think it is wrong. iran‘s supreme leader blames foreign enemies for stirring the protests in his country — at least 22 people are dead and hundreds have been arrested. an investigation is underway after 13 monkeys were killed in a fire at woburn safari park in bedfordshire. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jessica. -- with holiday. stoke having an issue with their manager? yes, another defeat at home to newcastle means he is closer to the brink than ever, mark hughes. they are considering their options. yes, and the weather was louise lear. everyone talking about strap—mac? yes, it has been nothing in comparison with tonight, as storm eleanor arrives and bombards the country. i will have more details on that coming up. thanks, louise. also coming up: at half past, we go nationwide, for our daily look of what‘s happening around the country — including a reminder of our coal—mining past, as a campaign is launched to save the very last of the lancashire coalfield‘s historic pit winding gears. hello everyone, this is afternoon live. i‘m simon mccoy. many of us are back at work today after the christmas break, and if that wasn‘t bad enough those of us travelling by rail have been hit with the largest fare rise in five years. campaigners warn the rise — of more than £100 for some season ticket—holders — is pricing ordinary people off the railways, but the rail delivery group, which represents train operators, says higher fares will lead to better services. our transport correspondent richard westcott reports. back to work after the holidays. rail commuters are shelling out for yet another fare rise. this time it is the biggest increase for five years. this is the busy commuter line, people coming in from cambridgeshire and hertfordshire into london. plenty of people on this train are just a few pounds shy of the £5000 club — £5000 for an annual season ticket. that‘s gone up by about £600 in the last five years. the price rises have been relentless. other countries in europe don‘t pay anywhere near as much as we do and their services tend to be better than ours, so i don‘t know why we have to pay such a lot of money for such a poor service, really. on the way home, it's normally a massive crowd of people at king's cross, all trying to get on the train at the same time. if i am not more than five minutes early for the train, then i am definitely not getting a seat home. you do not get the choice, really. we've got to make the commute from hertfordshire into london, so when it is so expensive and there are cancellations, especially during winter... average fares across britain go up by 3.a% this year. season tickets, which are regulated by the government, go up by 3.6%. it will add just shy of £150 to the price of a season ticket for people coming into london on the strike—riddled line from hove in east sussex. nearly £110 to a yearly ticket from liverpool to manchester. and commuters going to birmingham from gloucester must find £1a0 more this year. this is where a lot of the money is going. london bridge hasjust had a £1 billion makeover. and there is a whole new line coming under london — crossrail. the government says it is investing record amounts to improve the trains, but it is also changing who foots the bill. a smaller proportion now comes from the taxpayer which means more has to come from ticket sales. for every £1 a passenger pays in fares, 97p goes directly into running and improving the railway. but also, with more people using the railway, that means we have more money to invest and enables investment and the sort of improvement we see here as well. but the biggest survey suggests fewer than half of passengers think they are getting value for money and the latest figures show season—ticketjourneys have actually started going down. passengers are already putting in over £9 billion a year into the railways through the fare box, it's a lot of money, and the industry and government should work much harder to get better value for money out of that, so that one year, let's have a fares freeze for christmas, that would be a really good present. if commuters do put that on their christmas list this year, they are likely to be disappointed. richard westcott, bbc news. our correspondentjo black is in milton keynes for us. what‘s the reaction from commuters they are? 's, yes. good afternoon from milton keynes rail station on the west coast mainline, one of the biggest stations on this particular line. it will take about 30—a0 minutes of the get on the right train, or they minutes of the get on the right train, orthey can minutes of the get on the right train, or they can go up north to birmingham and manchester or further on, to scotland. so it is a really good place to come to chat to people, to see what they think and ta ke people, to see what they think and take the temperature, if you like, about what people are saying about these price hikes. people that you talk to, as usual, it depends how often you use the train, if you are a commuter going to london every single day, or someone just using the train to catch up with a friend, take a leisurely trip, that sort of thing. some people, even if they are commuters and use the train every day, they are sort of accepting of it, just grinning and bearing it because they know there is extra investment needed on the lines, so they don‘t like it, no one likes to pay more money, but they just get on with it, but some people are genuinely really worried they won‘t be able to afford this, and as some campaigners have been saying, some campaigners have been saying, some people might be forced off the rail, onto the road and their cars, which are already polluted and congested, so it is a real worry. this is what some people have been saying to me in milton keynes today. i use the rail a lot, all over the country, for my job. i use the rail a lot, all over the country, for myjob. and some of the rolling stock is well past its sell by date, particularly east midlands trains, like norwich to liverpool, cross—country, absolutely horrendous. two coaches to nottingham, packed, no air conditioning, absolutely awful, so, yes, investment is needed and the only way to produce that is increased fares, unfortunately, but commuters will pay the price. increased fares, unfortunately, but commuters will pay the pricem increased fares, unfortunately, but commuters will pay the price. it is pretty disgusting. you are not even guaranteed to see it, sol pretty disgusting. you are not even guaranteed to see it, so i think it is wrong. you go down standing all day, coming back standing, you don't have a seat sometimes, so they are delayed half the time, so it is much better than not running, but going on the other side, to the south, it gets much more difficult, more delays but you are paying premium money for something which is really not the best service you could get. that is the thing. so, as i say, the government will see the real fare ca kes a re government will see the real fare cakes are due to investment —— rail fa re cakes are due to investment —— rail fare hikes. they say they are investing the biggest amount since victorian times for services and passengers, and they say for every £1 paid in fares, passengers, and they say for every £1 paid infares, 97p passengers, and they say for every £1 paid in fares, 97p goes directly back into the services provided that the passengers are using every day. jo, the passengers are using every day. jo, thank you very much. jo black they are, at milton keynes. jo black there, at milton keynes. parents are being urged to significantly lower the amount of sugar their children consume in snacks. public health england recommends children should consume a maximum of two low—calorie snacks a day. the advice is being given after it‘s emerged primary school children are consuming three times more sugar than the recommended limit — as our health correspondent, james gallagher, reports. half the sugar us kids eat and drink each year comes from snacks and sugary drinks. kids get through a mountain of sugary snacks each year — cake, ice cream, pop, juice, biscuits, sweets, chocolate. children eat three times more sugar than official advice — just over half of it comes from snacking between meals. it is one reason more than a quarter of children have rotten teeth by the time they are five. this public health england campaign is warning snacking has got out of hand and it is increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. we are very concerned about snacking. children have unhealthy diets, they are eating too many calories, they are eating too much sugar and snacking is part of the problem. we are encouraging parents to be aware of snacking and try to cut back and replace unhealthy snacks with better snacks. so how do parents feel about snacking? i know kids like sweets, and other sugary stuff you get from shops and mcdonald's, but it is for the parents to keep an eye on them and their intake. to cut down on sugar, public health england is advising parents to limit snacks to just 100 calories and hand them out no more than twice a day, but the campaign has drawn criticism. parents might find this quite insulting to their own intelligence because it is fairly common sense, children having too many snacks, too many sugary things, they might have health complications for them down the line, particularly if they do not lead an active lifestyle. but they do not need a quango telling them. earlier i spoke to nerissa chesterfield, from the free—market think tank the institute of economic affairs, and began by asking her whether this advice was simplyjust common sense. i think no one can argue against snacking healthily and i think what public health england has said today is pretty common sense. people know that snacking too much with chocolate bars, crisps, that sort of thing, it is bad for their children if not balanced with an active lifestyle, so really i don‘t think there is a necessity for public—health body to tell us this. oh, so you think they are wasting their time? i think it is completely unnecessary for them to intervene and i think where in the past where they have intervened with such invasive policies, for example the sugar tax being introduced, i don‘t think these draconian measures are necessary. we have splashed out and have some examples and have some examples of the good and bad here. the chocolate, crisps, no surprise — they are bad. malt loaf, yoghurt, they are better for you, but the difficulty is, as any parent will tell you, trying to persuade a youngster that actually that mars bar they have been having on a daily basis now needs to give way to an apple? absolutely and i identify with that struggle. i have a niece and nephew and they have very little and you have to tell them they have no snack without fruit, and i think it is an example here. these things are supposedly healthy, and half a yoghurt may be under the hundred calories advised, but the nutritional value might not be as much if they are leading an active lifestyle, you know, playing sports in the playground, so they might need more energy from something like a peanut butter sandwich which has great nutritional value but might be three times the calories are allowed. if i was watching this now, working at public health england, i would be ringing my hands, saying we have put this advice out, for the public good, and you are not exactly dissing it, but saying it is not particularly helpful? i am saying it is a bit questionable because i don‘t think we should necessarily base things on calories but it should be more about nutritional value, but i think that these guidelines can lead to more invasive policies down the road and i think we should question them when they are guidelines. we seem to be getting more of these guidelines. guidelines are one thing but the next stage is, what, they will tell us what we can and cannot do? then prosecute? absolutely. perhaps not prosecute, but campaigns led by the nhs, for example change for life, they could introduce subsidies for certain eating habits or subsidising certain snacks, and that can lead even more to something more coercive which could lead into a tax or actually banning certain snacks, so we need to cut this at the point where it isjust a guideline and actually challenge it there, because it could lead to more draconian measures down the road. nerissa chesterfield on. —— talking to me, earlier. iran‘s supreme leader has accused the country‘s enemies of stirring days of protests that have claimed at least 22 lives. ayatollah ali khamenei was speaking for the first time since demonstrations began last thursday. state media says nine people, including a child, died overnight in clashes between demonstrators and security forces — as authorities struggle to contain the biggest challenge to the country‘s clerical leadership since 2009. this report by our correspondent richard galpin. the protests and the authorities‘ response to them are becoming increasingly violent — buildings being burnt and shots fired. last night, at least nine people killed, including some members of the security forces. the focus of people‘s anger is this man, the country‘s supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. the spark for the protests — rising food prices and unemployment running at 60% in some areas. people are actually fed up with political corruption. people are fed up with economic corruption. and they believe that the only way to pave the way for a meaningful change, a meaningful economic change, is through radical political reform. one response of the authorities has been to hold big counterdemonstrations like this in many parts of the country. but the government‘s strategy also includes restricting access to the internet and placing the blame for what‘s happening on its enemies abroad. today, iran‘s supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, spoke for the first time about the crisis since it began last week. translation: following recent events, the enemies have united and are using all their means — money, weapons, policies and security services — to create problems for the islamic republic. the statement is a clear sign that this widespread unrest is rattling the clerics, who have ruled the country for decades. this morning, the british foreign secretary, borisjohnson, called for meaningful debate about what he said were legitimate and important issues the protesters were raising. and he said the government was looking to the iranian authorities to permit this. but with the protests and violence continuing, that seems unlikely. already more than a00 people have been arrested. richard galpin, bbc news. it is quarter past four. you‘re watching afternoon live — these are our headlines: campaigners say rail commuters face being "priced out of work" as rail fares rise to their highest level in five years. iran‘s supreme leader blames foreign enemies for stirring the protests in his country that have left 22 dead — his first comments since the demonstrations began. parents are being urged to reduce the amount of sugar their child consumes, by giving them no more than two low—calorie snacks a day. and in the sport: the board of directors at stoke are said to be considering the future of manager mark hughes. the club lies two places above the relegation zone having lost seven of their past ten premier league games. arsenal manager arsene wenger has been charged by the fa over comments made to match officials after sunday‘s draw at west brom. wenger was angry about a late penalty decsion given for the home side which led to their equaliser. andy murray describes his rehab for a long—term hip injury as "demoralising." the former world number one has had to pull out of the brisbane international ahead of his first match this week and is considering surgery. i‘ll be back with more on those stories on afternoon live at a.30. 13 monkeys have been killed in a fire at woburn safari park in bedfordshire. the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning in the patas monkey house, and none of the animals could be saved. our correspondent, chi chi izundu, is at the safari park. she sent this update a short time ago. fire crews are currently conducting an investigation to establish the cause of the fire. so far they have said that it wasn‘t maliciously started. we did speak earlier to drew mullin, who is the managing director here at woburn safari park. at 2:37 the estate's security patrol picked up that there was a fire somewhere in the safari park. at that point they called bedfordshire fire and rescue team. and can you confirm that no other animals have been hurt in this blaze? no, no other animals have been hurt. the patas were actually in the house and no other animals were in that house and it is isolated in its location. so the monkeys are kept inside overnight due to the cold weather. other animals in the jungle drive—through enclosure have been checked over and are being monitored to make sure they haven‘t been harmed as a result of the fire. so far as they are showing signs that none have been harmed. all 13 monkeys, as we said, sadly perished in that fire, and this news comes just ten days after london zoo had its own fire which killed an aardvark and four meerkats. and, chi chi, have we heard anything from the fire brigade about the scene when they arrived — were animals trapped in their cages when the fire broke out? sadly when the fire crews arrived the roof had already collapsed at the patas monkey house due to the intensity of the heat. they had to wear specialist crew safety kits because of smoke and the fire, and they did put it out, and staff at the safari park who are based here on site have actually had to receive some counselling because obviously they have very special relationships with animals that they take care of. chi chi izundu. the former england footballer trevor sinclair has been sentenced to 150 hours community service after pleading guilty to drink—driving, and a racially aggravated public order offence against a police officer in november last year. sinclair was arrested in lytham. blackpool magistrates‘ court heard he became agitated, and accused police of being racist. more than 11,000 homes across the uk have been empty for more than a decade, according to research carried out by the liberal democrats. the study also suggests very few councils in england and wales have made use of powers that allow local authorities to take over properties that have been empty for more than six months. but the government says the number of empty homes has fallen by a third since 2010 and is now at its lowest level since records began. air accident investigators in australia hope to retrieve the wreckage of a seaplane that crashed on new year‘s eve by the end of this week. all six people on board were killed — the pilot, and a british family who were on holiday, including the businessman richard cousins, the chief executive of the catering giant compass. the accident happened just north of sydney, from where our correspondent phil mercer has sent this report. the wreckage of the seaplane lies in more than a0 feet of water on a river bed north of sydney. air crash investigators are searching for clues to explain why it crashed, killing all six people onboard. what has emerged, however, is that this is not the first plane of its type to be involved in a fatal accident. four british holiday—makers died when a similar seaplane, a de havilland dhc—2 beaver, went down in canada in 2015. accounts from witnesses will also help australian authorities to establish why a routine sightseeing flight ended in disaster. will mcgovern says he saw his friends dive into the water to try to help those trapped in the plane. i saw three of my mates dead set risk their lives. they could have died. you know, this plane was moving fast, it was going down. it was pretty hard because of the oil, but i could see windows, the windows, we just couldn't dive down deep enough, really, to be able to see more. at least they will know that there were people there trying to help, and i'm sorry. the air crash investigation team is made up of former pilots, aeronautical engineers, and data recovery experts. it is their task to piece together the events that led to the tragedy atjerusalem bay to the north of sydney. the crucial piece of evidence, of course, is the wreckage of the seaplane. it still lies at the bottom of the hawkesbury river. the authorities hope to bring it to the surface by the end of the week. after it‘s recovered, the single—engine aircraft will be taken to canberra for examination. we will be looking at a number of areas, particularly around the aircraft‘s components. we will be removing those and examining them. we will also be looking at any recorder data that might be on the aircraft, so that would involve both avionics or instruments attached to the aeroplane. aviation experts have speculated that the seaplane may have stalled before crashing because of engine failure, an unexpected gust of wind, or a mistake by the pilot. a preliminary report from the australian transport safety bureau is expected within a month, but a more comprehensive review of the disaster could take a lot longer. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. here, members of the public are being reminded to think before dialling 999 after north east ambulance service reached its highest level of operational alert due to extreme pressure. our correspondent, fiona trott, is in newcastle. what does this mean if you dial 999 now? normally ambulance services can reach 75% of calls within eight minutes. if the ambulance service is on level format, the north—east ambulance service talking about that this afternoon, it means it can only reach 55% of those calls within eight minutes —— level four. the ambulance service this afternoon is saying it has reached its highest operational alert due to extreme pressure. they are saying between christmas and new year and they had unprecedented levels of demand, more than a0,000 nhs trouble on calls and more than 60,000 999 calls to what they are saying to people this afternoon, do not dial 999 unless it is an absolute emergency. as far as we understand this is the only ambulance service in the country on a level four at the moment. others are on a level three. the north—east ambulance service was on a level four just before ambulance service was on a level fourjust before christmas, for a short period. but this now is more sustained. staff, of course their leave will be affected by this as well, and ambulance service will look at other things, using nonemergency ambulances were appropriate. they will be asking patients, is there anybody else who could get you to and from hospital instead of using an ambulance, so thatis instead of using an ambulance, so that is the latest from the north—east ambulance service this afternoon, they are now on a level four, the highest level of operational alert, they say, due to extreme pressure. and we haven't even really hate winter yet? yes, and they are saying these unprecedented levels they have it over christmas are far more than they had at this time last year —— hit winter yet. 28,000 nhs calls this time last year ‘s, so an increase of around 10,000. when annual and services are on a level four alert it means incident are 15% above the monthly annual average so this is the situation they are faced with just at the start of 2018. thank you very much, fiona trott there in newcastle. let‘s get more on this news now. more than 300 women from hollywood‘s entertainment industry have launched an initiative to try to fight sexual harassment in the film industry and other workplaces. the campaign, called time‘s up, was announced in an advert in the new york times. it‘s backed by actresses including meryl streep and jennifer lawrence and will provide legal support for women and men who suffer harassment at work. you are watching afternoon live. time for a look at the weather. here‘s louise lear. it is unsettled ? it is unsettled? not a laughing matter! laughter not a laughing matter, but if you we re not a laughing matter, but if you were watching a couple of hours ago, i cold this storm eileen, so this is my new years resolution. so if i call you ben, don‘t be offended. how awkward was that! so we‘re looking at the north, the southeast? no, things have actually changed a little bit. things are developing, simon. look at that! we do know what we are talking about here, ladies and gentlemen. this is the second named storm this week and it is only tuesday, eleanor. are you listening, simon? we are ajo tuesday, eleanor. are you listening, simon? we are a jo black along the coast of wales and the south coast as well. the only is it good news to come out of this storm —— we are back at —— along the south coast of wales. we need to keep a close eye on this. it may cause some travel disruption as well. you can start to see the first signs of eleanor, pushing into northern ireland as we speak. winds starting to strengthen and cost in excess of 35 mph in the last couple of hours so she will strengthen and the storm will continue to track in. it is the southern flank around the south where we will really see the strongest of the winds but anywhere on those exposed west coasts potentially seeing severe gales through the night and first thing tomorrow morning. they will move out of northern ireland, 70—80 mph gusts, around about midnight and into the early hours, and the strongest winds, 60 mph perhaps, potential into wales. some very rough seas to the bristol channel and down across that south coast with wind gusts of 70—80 mph, some pretty stormy first thing. for early—morning commuters, potentially gusts of wind a0—60 mph across a and wales, coupled with some pretty sharp showers, heavy hailstorms, perhaps some rumbles of thunder mixed in as well. showers merging together with longer spells of rain in western scotland, but look at the winds here. not as strong. gusts of around 7—15 mph, so not blustery in scotland. and in the far north—east it will stay cold with some sunshine, so temperatures will reflect that in a moment, but the showers rattling with those severe gales throughout the day. the winds slowly easing down, highs of around 8-10, but slowly easing down, highs of around 8—10, but perhaps a little colder where we keep the clear skies and sunshine in the far north—east of scotland. it looks like another area of low pressure is set to arrive during thursday, so a very wet and windy first week of january. the heaviest of rain and strongest of the winds looks likely with this one down to the south—west, gales and severe gales at least coming from south—westerly so relatively mild. the rain will linger across southern scotla nd the rain will linger across southern scotland and northern england for much of the day then it slowly eases away, and into the weekend, look at this. isobars start to filter down from the north but be careful what you wish for because it looks like we will start to lose the stormy weather but something that little bit cold arrives on saturday, so if you don‘t like the cold weather you will need to wrap up warm, but at least we‘ll get a little bit of sunshine to go with it. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. rail fares have increased to their highest level in five years. from today the average train ticket will be 3.a% more expensive. iran‘s supreme leader has accused the country‘s foreign enemies of stirring up protests over the past week. at least 22 people have been killed since the demonstrations began on thursday. an investigation has begun into a fire that killed 13 monkeys at woburn safari park in bedfordshire. the blaze began in a jungle enclosure in the early hours of the morning. parents are being urged to give their children a maximum of just two low—calorie snacks a day. public health england says snacks shouldn‘t exceed 100 calories each in a bid to reduce tooth decay and childhood obesity. sport now on afternoon live with holly hamilton. we look at stoke city, they may look ata we look at stoke city, they may look at a new manager? that‘s right. it‘s only day two of 2018 and here we are talking about yet another potential premier league managerial casualty. stoke in a defeat to newcastle yesterday. mark hughes hasn‘t had the best of seasons. their fifth defeat in seven matches. stoke perched pretty precariously on the edge of the relegation zone as things stand. fans have been rather unhappy for some time, but each time chairman peter coates has sided with hughes. the way things stand, a decision has not been made. the board of directors have not met to formally discuss his position. but the question for now simon, and the one that may be on the forefront of their mind, who would or could replace him? yes. let us move on to tennis. i was hearing last week this was going to be andy murray‘s year. it doesn‘t seem so now? we feel we hear that quite a lot. we‘ve all been aware of andy murray‘s problems for some time. he‘s been suffering with an ongoing hip injury which means he hasn‘t played competitively since july last year. he had been supposed to be competing in the brisbane international. same problem yet again, but he may have to consider surgery. you can see how frustrated he put on instagram. a photo of him as a young boy. here‘s our tennis correspondent, russell fulller. this instagram post gives us a real insight into how he is feeling and how traumatised he has been by the whole experience, this inability to do what he loves most, compete against the other best players in the world on the tennis court. the frustration for murray is the advice he was given seems to have been very much rehab is his best option and he would always work incredibly hard in making sure he has done everything in his power to recover as quickly as possible, but once he has put that to the test against other top players in the world in brisbane this week, he has realised that so far even the arsenal manager, arsene wenger, has been charged by the football association over comments he made to match officials after sunday‘s 1—1 draw against west brom. wenger was furious with the referee mike dean, who had given west brom a late penalty at the hawthorns, after a handball by calum chambers. wenger has until 6.00pm on friday to respond. in a press conference earlier today wenger said he‘s ben frustrated with other decisions this season. i must say what is more frustrating for me is that it happened many times this season. it was at stoke, at watford, at man city, at west brom. it‘s a concerning coincidence for me, you know. that‘s why i was not happy at all with the moment that the referee made to show why he gave a penalty. that didn‘t correspond at all with what happened, you know. so on that front, it‘s a bit worrying. ing. ——. now, ahead of the fifth and final ashes test, starting on wednesday evening, fast bowler mitchell starc is confident of making the australian starting eleven. starc is the leading wicket—taker in the series, but missed the fourth test with a bruised heel. meanwhile, england opener marc stoneman says the drawn melbourne test has given the team the boost they need ahead, of the final match in the series. i think it‘s given us a lot of confidence moving forward that the work we‘ve tried to do and the things we tried to put in place earlier on in the series have eventually, sort of, come through to a certain degree. but ultimately we wa nt to a certain degree. but ultimately we want to win a game of cricket on this tour. that's all the sport for now. more in the next hour, simon. holly, thank you very much. now on afternoon live let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. donna traynor is in belfast and can tell me about the uk‘s first "bomb proof" sunday school. in a moment, i‘ll be speaking to rogerjohnson, in salford, to get the latest updates on the fire in the liverpool echo arena carpark, as well as hearing about a campaign to save the very last of the lancashire coalfield‘s historic pit winding gears. but first to donna in belfast. i saw this on your diary this morning. i thought, i saw this on your diary this morning. ithought, what? a bomb proof sunday school, what is that about? it sounds strange, doesn‘t it, simon. happy new year to you, by the way. we are talking about operation trans for mace in dungiven. it‘s in the north—west, an hour‘s drive from belfast. 16 months ago the local presbytrian took over the former police station and transformed it into a church facility that houses the sunday school. there are six inches of reinforced concrete in the walls. it was a mammoth task to transform. it took £200,000, but the facility will open later this month and cells that once housed criminals will house church goers and the sunday school. the congregation believes it‘s the first in the united kingdom. why was it closed in the fist place? with the peace process in northern ireland came a need for a reduction in security, m. ——. there have been police under funding cuts. over ten years 80 police stations have been sold. have been demolished except this one in dungiven and others. if you are looking for one, simon, perhaps a little holiday home over here in northern ireland, there is one that‘s still up for sale and that‘s in craigavon for £850,000! that has top security as well, has it? absolutely. a few producers here who would happily put me in that one. thank you invest very much for that. now we can cross to roger johnson, in salford. first roger, what‘s the latest on the fire at the liverpool echo arena car park? yes the international horse show. a fire started in a land rover in the car park. these are the images you can see from inside the king‘s dock car park. 1,a00 vehicles were com pletely car park. 1,a00 vehicles were completely destroyed. today merseyside‘s chief fire officer said before they had to make cuts the immediate response would have seen eight fire engines only two got there.ful they are blaming it on the cuts. the mayor is not disagreeing them. they have been praised for containing the fire within the car park and prevent it spreading to neighbouring accommodation like the apartams and neighbouring accommodation like the apart ams and flats next door and all the animals were safely evacuated. dramatic pictures inside that car park. one of the other stories you are covering tonight. a local community doing theirs best to try and keep one of the reminders of what was once a thriving industry? yes. the last reminder. it‘s a colliery. many of the mining communities across the east midlands and the north of england will know the site well. the winding gear at the site well. the winding gear at the pithead which brought the miners and the coal to the surface. it‘s the last one standing on the lancashire coal field. it‘s starting to rot now the winding gear. that is the steam engine pumping that powered the wheel and brought people and coal to the surface. it‘s rotting. they are trying to raise money to preserve it. if it goes it‘s the last one. money to preserve it. if it goes it's the last one. there is something special about it? one of the campaigners are trying to raise half a million. it could cost up to that amount. they said mining made us that amount. they said mining made us what we are. to put it in real terms for us. they said this is like the do—do if this one goes there will be no more of these famous winding wheels at the top of a pithead in lancashire and a reminder of our industrial past whichogical certainly disappear from that part of the country as indeed many of the mining communities centre seen them heselves diminished over the years. a real campaign, a race against time, to try and stop that basically from rotting where it stands. plenty more on your programme later on. roger thank you. donna you are doing your stories tonight. i wish you both a happy new year. look forward to speaking to you soon here on nationwide. thank you. thank you. if you would like to see any more of those stories you can access them via the i pray player we go nationwide every week day afternoon at a.00pm here on afternoonlive. for decades china has been importing plastic waste from other countries, including britain, for recycling. but now, it has banned the trade, citing environmental worries. it means thousands of tonnes of plastic — separated and put into recycling bins by households here in the uk — now needs to find a new destination, which is putting huge pressure on the british recycling industry. our correspondent, dan johnson, has been at a recycling centre this afternoon. yes, talking rubbish only twodays into the new year. this is the sort of stuff that might have been sent to china in the past, it‘s hidden story really that for decades we‘ve been sending thousands of tonnes of this stuff to be recycling on the other side of the world, but now china says no more and we need to come up with a different strategy. but it‘s a difficult problem to solve and if we don‘t come up with a solution soon, the piles of rubbish are going to quickly grow. all that wrapping paper, so much christmas waste. it is the season to throw plenty away. and this is the kind of place it goes — sorted, sifted, separated so it can be recycled. this is the same process on the other side of the world. for decades, china‘s been a global dustbin, taking huge quantities of our rubbish and recycling it. it‘s become a massive, complicated business, but now china has said no more. it‘s got enough waste of its own to deal with, so now we have to work out what we‘re going to do with our rubbish. if you take packaging, for example, we‘re collecting about 1.2 million tonnes of plastic packaging every year, put in the recycling bins. but we‘ve relied on 65% of that tonnage being exported to overseas markets, the vast majority has been going to china. this is the sort of stuff that might previously have been sent to china, different plastic bottles of different kinds that might be recycled in different ways. and if you look at the tomato ketchup bottle, there‘s still some sauce in there. now, that‘s the kind of thing china is now saying it will not take, it will not deal with. so we‘ve got to work out what to do with it, and this company is already recycling its waste here. with so much of our plastic being shipped to china, there‘s still a lot more to deal with. if we can't send recyclables to china, there are alternatives india, indonesia, malaysia. there will be other options, such as sending certain rubbish to energy from waste plants, if there is literally nothing else to do with it. but in the longer term, we need to be looking to clean up our waste because, quite frankly, we need to make better use of it ourselves. if we have a good quality recycler, we can do more with it. the government says it will look for ways to recycle more here, and there are calls for better design, which considers what happens to products after their useful life, and for more products to be reused, so we don‘t produce as much rubbish in the first place. so no easy options. we coburn the rubbish, we could bury it and try and find another country to sell it to or invest in more plants like this to do the recycling job here. all this waste will be crushed down into pellets like that which can be used to make a new container like that. they have a solution here. more than two—thirds of our plastic waste has been going to china. so we need to work out what comes next. it isa need to work out what comes next. it is a difficult problem and it means some big questions to consider about how we deal with rubbish in our society. that was dan johnson. breaking news. we are getting this news on the reuters news agency from washington. they are saying one us service member has been killed, four others injured, during what they are describing as combat engagement in the eastern afghan province. it took place yesterday. two of the wounded service members are being treated at a medicalfacility service members are being treated at a medical facility and are described as being in a stable condition. cbs news website said it was during a vehicle incident in this part of eastern afghanistan. it says two other american service members were injured, but according to the statement us forces were not in contact with enemy forces at the time. so it‘s a confusing picture, but confirmation that one service member dead, two others wounded in that incident. we will bring you more on that as we get it. this is afternoon live. in a moebth the business news with jamie, first our headlines. —— moment. campaigners say rail commuters face being "priced out of work" as rail fares rise to their highest in five years. iran‘s supreme leader blames foreign enemies for stirring the protests in his country, that have left 22 dead, his first comments since the demonstrations began. parents are being urged to reduce the amount of sugar their child consumes by giving them no more than two low calorie snacks a day. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. if you travel regularly by rail this will hardly need mentioning, the biggest increase in railfares in five years came into force this morning. annual season tickets are going up by 3.6%. average fares will go up 3.a%, which means they‘re rising much faster than wages. there have been protests at several stations by angry commuters. british manufacturing had a good 2017, with output reaching four year highs. but by december that growth was slowing — slightly. one of the indices that measures it, the pmi, dropped from 58.2 in november to 56.3 in december, but so long as it stays above 50 that means manufacturing is still growing. around 8 million people in the uk are likely to struggle with their finances this month because of the amount they spent at christmas. the charity, money advice trust, says one in six people says they are likely to fall behind on theirfinances, compared with just over one in ten last january. looking at last year, a better year for manufacturing? the last three months things were doing well indeed. the purchasing managers index which is a good indicator of how manufacturing is doing. once it‘s about 50% that means manufacturing is growing. it got up to 58. just over 58 in november. it's to 58. just over 58 in november. it‘s dropped back a little bit. one of the interesting things is that 5a% of the people surveyed, survey they do around the manufacturing sector, 5a% said they are looking forward to a good year. pretty optimistic. a lot to do with exports, devalued pound makes things attractive to oversea byers. president trump new tax reforms to help businesses. bp doesn‘t think so? no. and one or and two other companies. it‘s a short—term hit of £1.5 billion. $1.5 billion, sorry. a large amount of money. complicated because it‘s to do with accounting procedures. the tax reforms, everybody has been head lining these tax reforms, reducing corporation tax reforms, reducing corporation tax from 35% to 21%. it‘s not. it‘s a great deal more than that. a huge amount of detail in there. a lot of companies said we will have one—off hits because of this. goldman sachs it will cost them $5 billion. these are estimates. they think it might cost them that amount. as i say, it ta kes a cost them that amount. as i say, it takes a long time to work out the ramifications of this new legislation. shell will be hit by 2.5 billion. an estimate of how much they will be hit by. after that their tax bill comes down in the united states and it should benefit them substantially. i'm completely confused. are you saying, it‘s the a ccou nta nts confused. are you saying, it‘s the accou nta nts charges confused. are you saying, it‘s the accountants charges working out the new system ? accountants charges working out the new system? they have to look at how they did the accounts over the last year and how they are accounting for. it it‘s complicated about how they are doing their accounting over they are doing their accounting over the last year. it means it will cost them from this, on this particular year, not in the future. ok. just say it‘s complicated. year, not in the future. ok. just say it's complicated. yeah, move on. iran, are there economic consequences as this rumbles on? yes. iran is interesting. when these sanctions started to be taken away backin sanctions started to be taken away back in 2015 after iran did the nuclear deal with the us and other western countries to stop its nuclear weapons programme, a lot of big businesses started to move into iran. that particularly in the south, the big gas fields in the south, the big gas fields in the south of iran, total and western agencies moved in. gdp growth, even though it went up because they started to export oil more, went up 12.5% a lot of people are unemployed. 29% youth unemployment in iran. that sort of thing is really holding back growth at the moment. as a result of that, we are seeing a fairly stagnant economy in everything apart from oil. i‘m going to go to russ mould, investment director, aj bell. how will these problems affect its international standing when it comes to the oil price? it will depend upon the intentions of president trump. he has been opposed to the removal of the sanctions in 2015. if you look at the oil market, traders are concerned he he may look to impose fresh sanctions in 2018. oil squeezed above $67. its highest since spring 2015. fears of economic sanctions or military action. there are concerns building in the oil market that iranian supply may be curbed having come on stream two or three years ago. the cost to bp of these tax reforms. it‘s complicated. yes, good word. these figures which we have been banding around, 1.5 billion it will cost barclays, they are estimates? bp said that the a ccou nta nts are estimates? bp said that the accou nta nts a re are estimates? bp said that the accountants are working on this. if anybody has a smile on their face it‘s the big accounting firms. the issue at bp, shell, barclays and others where they made losses in the past they would have been looking to offset those losses against future tax payments. now that the tax charge is coming down in america, those loss carried forward are worth less. they can offset less tax than they thought previously. they have to look at their balancing sheet and write off the tax assets it creates a short—term loss, a paper loss, not a short—term loss, a paper loss, not a cash loss. an accounting issue. the bp shares haven‘t moved from a five—year high because the dividend is safe it‘s not a cash issue. beautifully explained there. pleasure. i know simon was listening intently. i will ask him questions ina intently. i will ask him questions in a second. lastly on manufacturing, they seem like good figures and look likely to stay good from the expectations? order figures and expectations are good. if you wa nt to and expectations are good. if you want to nit pick the number was down from november, that is a four year high. sterling has rallied a little bit. if you look at this purchase g purchasing managers‘ index against changes in the pound year—on—year does well when the pound is going down, not so well when the pound goes up. the pound rallied it will bea goes up. the pound rallied it will be a consideration. but it is seems they are firing on all cylinders. -- but it seems they are firing on all cylinders. let‘s look at the markets. ba has bought a new airline,ingsa markets. ba has bought a new airline,ings a budget airline in germany. marks & spencer is up because it sold its businesses in the far east in asia. shares are up a touch. leave it there. you don‘t wa nt to a touch. leave it there. you don‘t want to talk about accounting? you‘re absolutely right. we‘ll leave it there. teenagers as young as 1a are now taking steroids in what drugs workers fear could be a hidden epidemic. a bbc undercover investigation has discovered london—based steroid dealers are selling the drugs without giving any warning of their dangerous side effects. colin campbell reports. hey, derek. he‘s an amateur body—builder who illegally sells steroids from his living room. this is very strong here... using his partner to translate, he says they‘ll transform my body. you will be so strong. you use in gym, your power will be much more. touch. you‘ve got the same. these are the £200 worth of pills that he said would make me big and powerful. this the handwritten note i took, a dictated prescription, if you like, detailing instructions on how to use the steroids. we showed our footage to this drugs expert. there are many risks with taking the drugs. but a simple way of putting it — kidney, liver, heart. you can have liver problems, liver cysts, problem with your kidneys, and it can lead to heart attacks and strokes, so you‘re playing with your life. what age are the children that you‘re speaking to who have taken steroids? as young as ia. this drugs counsellor fears the true picture of steroid abuse is much worse than realised. we could be looking at a hidden epidemic, to be honest. it's really, really hard to gauge how big this is, but everything anecdotally that we're getting is that it could be huge. whilst it‘s legal to take steroids, it‘s against the law to sell and import them, but we found scores of websites offering them online and sending them by post. the border force is battling to stop them entering the uk. these drugs aren‘t benign, they‘re not a soft option. they can cause real, profound, long—lasting harm to people‘s health. selling them can be lucrative, but it‘s a trade dealers don‘t want exposed. you are a steroid dealer, aren‘t you? no. how many people are you supplying steroids to? no. speaking through an interpreter, he claims he‘d only ever supplied me and no one else. how many other people have you supplied steroids to? you advertise widely. the truth is, they‘re gambling with people‘s health, cashing in on britain‘s body image obssession. colin campbell, bbc news. virgin trains has apologised after it was accused of not taking a complaint of misogyny seriously. customer emily lucinda cole posted on twitter that she had felt patronised by a train manager after she made a query, saying he had referred to her as "honey." but in response the company‘s account replied... "sorry for the mess up emily, would you prefer "pet" or"lo " emily lucinda cole said she was stunned by the response. virgin trains east coast have deleted their original tweet. that‘s it from your afternoon live team for today, next the bbc news at five with jane hill. time for a look at the weather. here‘s louise lear. thank you, simon. that is completely acceptable. you can say that every time. good afternoon everybody. it‘s stormy out there and the storm arrives overnight tonight. it‘s storm eleanor, pushing in from the atlantic. you can see these tightly squeezed icer bars. the wind strength is the issue notjust the amounts of rain. there will be rain and snow and blizzard—like conditions to the higher ground of scotland. not pleasant. it‘s the wind strength that is the cause of concern. 0—80mph during the early hours of wednesday morning southern scotla nd hours of wednesday morning southern scotland and northern england. —— 70—80mph. rough seas, issue with travelling on ferries on the early hours of wednesday morning. the showers will rattle in. some will be heavy with hail and thunder. the wind will slowly ease. it will be a windy day for all of us tomorrow. 10-11 windy day for all of us tomorrow. 10—11 degrees to the south. mild with it, cooler in the far north—east, lighter winds and highs of just four degrees. north—east, lighter winds and highs ofjust four degrees. more north—east, lighter winds and highs of just four degrees. more from north—east, lighter winds and highs ofjust four degrees. more from me coming up in half an hour‘s time. today at five, going off the rails — campaigners warn that rising rail fares are pricing out commuters from travelling by train. average rail ticket prices have risen by 3.a% across the uk, in the biggest hike in fares since for five years. i don‘t know why we have to pay such a lot of money for such a poor service. if i am not a lot of money for such a poor service. if! am not more than a lot of money for such a poor service. if i am not more than five minutes early for the train, i am not getting home. we‘ll be looking at whatjustifies the hike in fares. the other main stories on bbc news at five... people in the north east of england are being urged to think before dialling 999 after the ambulance service said it was operating under extreme pressure. iran‘s supreme leader blames foreign enemies for stirring the protests in his country — at least 22 people have been killed.

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